Windows 10: C# opens a image in Windows 10 but NOT able to navigate to next image

Hi All,
Could you please help

My Environment: Windows 10 Operating system in Desktop machine

My purpose: I have a "Sample_Pictures" folder in "My Documents" folder, this "Sample_Pictures" folder contains 5 pictures. I need to open an image (using C# console application) and then navigate to Next and Previous image in "Sample_Pictures" folder

Issue I am facing: I am able to open an image, but NOT able to navigate to Next and Previous pictures in folder. Both Next and Previous buttons are disabled. I mean the Next and Previous buttons present in image is NOT working in Windows 10 Photos. However If I open the same image separately in Windows Explorer, I am able to navigate to Next and Previous image.

Sample Program:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
OpenSamplePhoto();
}

private static void OpenSamplePhoto()
{
string samplePicturesPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), "Sample_Pictures");

string picturePath = Path.Combine(samplePicturesPath,"sample1.JPG");

ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo();

info.FileName = picturePath;
info.UseShellExecute = true;
info.CreateNoWindow = true;
info.Verb = string.Empty; Process.Start(info);
}

:)

 

How do I view a series of photos?

This bug can be easily reproduced if you start Photos app by opening images in 3rd party file manager.

1. Start Total Commander or Metro Commander (the one from Windows Store)

2. Navigate to some folder containing multiple images

3. Open first image(Photos app will be started by default)

4. Try to navigate to next/previous photo

5. Ouch! You cannot navigate to next/previous photo.

This bug is 100% reproducible on any Win 10 machine.

More info here:

Total Commander :: View topic - Windows 10: Photos app can't browse previous / next photos!

 

Windows 10 Lockscreen background problem

I found a temporary workaround to change blue image on lockscreen.



How to Add “Take Ownership” to the Right-Click Menu in Windows Explorer

I followed instruction opened File Explorer and navigated to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\ and opened SystemData with take ownership tool. Deleted SystemData, restarted PC and navigated to SystemData again and put image I wanted to be on lockscreen,
copied original image name and paste into image I wanted to put in then deleted original image and signed out. My lockscreen changed from blue picture to one copied from img103.jpg.

Quite pleased with it but very disappointed no reply from Microsoft engineer yet how to fix loading circle stuck in lockscreen preview window still not worked when I changed picture in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData.

 

Post your project folder (zipped) - the code you posted has no reference to "buttons"

 

Hi Superfly,
Thanks for the quick reply.

Issue I am facing: I am able to open an image, but NOT able to navigate to Next and Previous pictures in folder. Both Next and Previous buttons are disabled. I mean the Next and Previous buttons present in image is NOT working in Windows 10 Photos. However If I open the same image separately in Windows Explorer, I am able to navigate to Next and Previous image.

I have also updated the post.
Thanks

 

It won't as you are not opening the app from the shell which sets the picture folder as container- you are using the (default) app to open a single image.

 

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Could you please provide some sample C# code to launch picture in Shell.
Thanks,

 

I'll look into it... with Win32 apps one would PInvoke the API and pass the file path to it to launch the app with the image as t would with explorer - but this UWP stuff is still new to me, so I'm not so sure...

 

Hi Superfly,
Thanks a lot for your time.

I am also searching about Universal Windows Platform (UWP),

If I find any solution, I will post immediately.

Thanks again.

 

I found below code to open Photo App, however I am not able to open a specific image.
I am working on to find a complete solution.

private static void OpenSamplePhoto()
{
string samplePicturesPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), "Sample_Pictures");

string picturePath = Path.Combine(samplePicturesPath, "sample1.JPG");


ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo();
info.FileName = @"ms-photos://";
info.Arguments = picturePath;
info.UseShellExecute = true;
info.CreateNoWindow = true;
info.Verb = string.Empty;


Process.Start(info);
}

Reference:Open the photo with microsoft photos (Windows 10) in C #