Windows 10: All of a sudden I cannot edit, crop etc in Photos. I'm using Windows 10

All of a sudden I can not edit or crop any of my photos. I was able to just a few weeks ago.

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Crop Function Greyed out

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



Usually when you preview a picture that was captured from camera app, it should open in the photos app where you can edit/crop it. I would suggest you to try editing/cropping the photos in
Photos app.
As you mentioned that issue occurred after the update, I would suggest follow the steps provided below and check if that helps:



Method 1: Please follow the steps provided in the article: Fix problems with apps
from Microsoft Store.



Method 2: Reinstall the app using PowerShell.

1. Open PowerShell and run it as admin. To open PowerShell, right click on the start button and then on Windows PowerShell (Admin).
   
2. Then type: Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsCamera | Remove-AppxPackage.
   
   
3. Reboot your computer.
   
4. Open PowerShell again and then type: Reinstalling apps:
   Get-AppXPackage -allusers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
   

Regards,

 

Crop tool Photos App not working

Thank you for the information.

To help us isolate this further, kindly provide us the following information.

• What changes have you made prior to this issue?
• To which program are you exactly using the crop tool? Photos App or Office 2016?
• You mentioned crop tool is not working properly when Photos App is used. Have you tried to close it, and check if the issue persists?

If you are only experiencing the issue with Office 2016, kindly run the repair Office application by referring to the steps listed on this

link.

However, if you are encountering it with Photos App only, we suggest that you run the troubleshooter for Windows apps through this

link.

Looking forward to your response.

 

Photos app - cropping is choppy

This is a problem that I've had with my Windows 10 machine ever since I built it, even after I've changed motherboards and graphics cards, so I'm really stumped as to what's causing it.

When I click on any photo to edit it in the default Windows 10 photos app, cropping the photo (by clicking Edit & Create --> Edit) and then dragging the selected area, it crops in an extremely "choppy" manner, it never drags smoothly. I can drag the cursor nearly to the other end of the screen and the crop doesn't "catch up" for a few seconds. Why is there so much lag?

I thought maybe this was simply how this app behaved, but I was able to use another computer with Windows 10 and tested it on that one, and the cropping is very smooth and how I imagine it should be. Why is it so choppy on mine? I am using a 4K screen and the other computer I tested it on is a 1080p monitor, so I'm not sure if that could be the culprit.