Windows 10: Alternative to Windows Live Photo Gallery

I've used WLPG for a long time and like it, but I have the crashing problem which on and off makes it impossible to use.

I'm looking for an alternative.

• I could do all the importing to the PC from the camera with Bridge.
• I might also be able to do it with Lightroom, have never looked to see if it can do exactly what I want, happy to continue using Bridge.
• I can use Lightroom for all the editing
• It's the tagging I really liked in WLPG, and the way I could use it to search for untagged photos, and how it handled the hierarchy of tags I have.
• The native Photos app doesn't deal with tagging, indeed it doesn't display existing tags, plus it's IMHO clumsy in comparison maybe because it's intended to work on touch-screens as well.

So any suggestions? I'm using a conventional desk-top PC with a mouse & keyboard, not a touch-screen device.

• It must pick up and use the existing tagging hierarchy
• Would prefer to be able to use the same program for import & tagging
• of course I'd much prefer something that's free!

:)

 

Windows Live Photo Gallery won't open

Windows Live Photo Gallery won't open on my desktop. Why?

<Original title: Windows Live Photo Gallery>

 

Windows Live Photo Galery as default

I have been using Windows Live Photo Gallery on Windows 7. Installed Windows 10 and it had Microsoft Photos pre-installed. How to I get rid of Microsoft Photos and keep Windows Live Photo Gallery?

Original title: Microsoft Photos

Update:

I asked previously about removing Microsoft Photos from Windows 10. The answer is I can not. I have used for years Windows Live Photo Gallery. The issue now is that when the Microsoft program pulls photos from Windows Live Photo Gallery they are then duplicated
in the Windows program. Is there a way to disable the Microsoft program?

 

I use WLPG and it works ok for me
Have you tried uninstalling it completely and reinstalling it
As that might be the cause of your trouble
Otherwise you could search in the store for another free one

 

Did you get your Windows (Live) Photo Gallery by installing Windows (Live) Essentials ?
*** Microsoft has long since removed the word "Live" from the program.
If yes, go to Programs and Features > scroll down to Windows Essentials > right click at it > click Uninstall/Change > click Repair.

See if Repair will fix the "crash" issue.

 

Are you aware of Windows Photo Viewer which comes with Windows 7 but discontinued in Win 10 ?

You can restore that to your Windows 10 and it will work just the same as in Windows 7.
Use this tutorial :
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html


View and use your pictures in Windows Photo Viewer
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/w...s-photo-viewer

 

The tagging is the crucial bit which the Windows Photo Viewer doesn't appear to do.

I'll try the repair suggestion.

 

You could try Zoner Photo Studio FREE and iTag - Tag and Search for your photo and video files.

 

Another Windows Live Gallery user here and I have no problems. Did the repair install work for you?

 

Start
All Apps
Photo Gallery and open it
Along the top
You can see people tagged
Batch People Tagged
Descriptive Tag
Click on that one
Up will come
Tag an item
Manage Tag
Unused Tag
Hope that is something you are looking for

 

Yes. Photo Viewer does Not have "tag" option.

What is the result of the Repair ?

 

Repair didn't fix the problem, nor did uninstall, clean the registry with CCleaner & install. *Sad

Will have to try some of the alternatives.

 

This is the program that falls over every time I start it.

 

Have found the Lightroom Import does exactly what I need there.

So I have a choice of learning some new software to do the tagging, or learning how to do it with Lightroom. I'll try the LR method first.

 

Then it has to be something your end as works ok for me when I use it
I use Edge Browser and Bing etc so could be something to do with that