Windows iCloud app Photo Options different

You Said:

"Regarding the location, I don't know of any way to change it. See the following from If your iCloud Photos aren't loading on your PC - Apple Support

* New photos and videos automatically download to your PC at C:\Users\your name\My Pictures\iCloud Photos\Downloads."

I now have ALL of the iCloud Photos coming to my PC which appears to also include the NEW photos I just took last night with my iPhone. BUT, I don't see anywhere that this new app is providing a Downloads folder that shows NEW photos coming in? From what I can see that Download folder has been eliminated (as well as the Upload folder) has been fully removed in this new app?

I've done some research on reinstalling the old App. The below link is a suggestion. Do you see any reason why I should not do this? The old app is running on my older computer just fine.....will Apple/Windows leave it be or is it likely to go updated to new app without me knowing it? How could I prevent that?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251508119

Thanks so much for your reply. I was thinking maybe I was on the wrong app because I can't seem to get the app on the new computer to work. I have taken a couple of photos since I installed a separate app but the photos don't arrive at the new app destination. See Screenshot. The photo are downloading to the old computer just fine.

Is there any reason I can't have two apps on different computers and different delivery paths (but same account) working at the same time? Wouldn't iCloud note the new photo and sent a copy to both of the apps? Or, can I only expect a download from one single app? Following is a screenshot of the new app setup. Do you see any settings I might have miss??

At the end of the day I really only need the app on the new computer I speak of.

Thanks for your help!

Thanks so much for your reply and help! This shouldn't be so hard for me but for some reason it is.

I now have iCloud photos turned on and now I see ALL of my iCloud photos in the Pictures>iCloud>Photos folder on my new computer. I see that some as green checked as on my PC and some have blue cloud. I don't need to see any of these photos on my PC. I was afraid to select and say delete all because I don't want to delete them from the iCloud. See screenshot.

All I want to end up with on the new computer via the iCloud Windows App is a automatic download to my PC of any NEW photos from my Apple devices. That is the way it has been working with the old computer and older app version. On the older app I could chose where any NEW photos were placed and they went to the apps iCloud 'download' folder. see screenshot.

I use Adobe photoshop Elements. I already have in my Adobe/PC library all of the photos I want from iCloud. I only want to review NEW photos. If older iCloud photos end up on my PC it will confuse Adobe.

Is there 1) a way I can eliminate the current iCloud photos from my PC yet keep them on iCloud and 2) set a target destination for any NEW photo that are added to iCloud from Apple devices?

Your help is very much appreciated.

the iCloud photos has now been check-marked on the below screenshot

Okay, I'm just trying to figure the best way for me to use.

Question: I have about 7500 photos and 325 videos on iCloud. I have selected the feature "always keep on this device" so I should eventually see a green check mark next to each photo.

I have a iCloud running this way for 24 hours or more and it is still working on downloading. How long should it normally take for a file my size?

See screenshot. Thanks!