Windows 10: My photos do not open on my newer laptop with Windows 10 "Photos" or the older "Photo Manger

I have an older laptop, where I used to use Office Photo Manager. I saved hundreds of photos using that laptop [HP Pavilion] Then I saved them on my external hard drive. Now I have Office 365 on a Lenovo Ideapad and I try using "photos" or the "photo manager" and I get a message that the photos cannot be opened. This would be a serious tragedy if I cannot see my old photos. One of these days my HP will go to laptop heaven, and my Lenovo will not open my photos. This is a recent issue because I have opened several photos on my Lenovo and suddenly in the last week or so I started receiving this messgae.

Any suggestions?

Thank You,

USK

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How do I restore the older Photos app?

No. That doesn't do it. Maybe I wasn't clear on what I want to do.

Sometime recently - within the past month or two - My Windows 10 "Photos" app was changed. Likely with an automatic windows update. I really liked the older version that came with my Windows 10 upgrade. I have been it using as my default photo viewer and editor for more than a year.

I want to get the older Photos app back. The tutorial that you referenced (dated August 2015) is to make the Photos app (the newer version) my default viewer.

 

Problem opening my photos - help please!

Hello

Have just got a brand new Acer Aspire 3 laptop to replace my old one and am running version 1903 windows 10 as before.
Have transferred all my docs, favorites etc using a memory stick and all is great except.............

I have all my docs and photo folders located in Documents exactly as I did on my last Acer and on that one when I clicked open a folder say family photos all the photos in that folder appeared with view set to 'large icons' and I could see all the photos on screen so I could then open them individually. NOW on my new laptop something funny has happened!

When I open the photos (or any other) folder they do not all load up with the little green line moving across above them and all I can see is a couple of photos as large icons with the remainder just showing as a 'blue mountain' icon with the photo number beneath. I then have to click on each of these one at a time to see the photo within! Going into defaults on my laptop and then 'photos' the default is shown as 'Photos' with something like 'best for Windows 10' under it. The only other choice seems to be 'paint' or something.

Have tried everything like going into view - options -view and making sure the little box re icons is left unticked but nothing changes. On my old Acer I had a choice of Windows Photo Viewer and MS Office picture manager but I do not have Word on the new Acer. Have tried reloading Docs from my memory stick but no change. Everything else works perfectly as before.

I am elderly but quite tech savvy but this has beaten me. Help anyone (in simple terms please)