Windows 10: How can I disable Microsoft Windows/Photos from automatically editing my photos?

I have several files of RAW photos I have taken with my camera and uploaded to my Windows laptop. Every time I open/view a photo, the photo is always automatically edited. In many cases, the automatic edit is reducing the RAW quality of my professional photos. I don't see anywhere in the Photos app settings or general Settings where I can toggle off this feature. How can I work around this so that my photos remain unedited upon opening them? Typically edits include color grading, darkening or lightening my photo, and in some cases creating a film like appearance over my original photo. I would

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Automatic Update Made Photo Editing Not Work Correctly

This is NOT solved--just fixed.
Microsoft ran an automated update a couple of days ago and now photo editing is not working the way it did previously. I shoot a lot of photos for a local news website and after editing, saved them with new names that help me sort--so, for example, football photos might be F1, f2, etc. After the update, when i edit a photo, it saves only as a copy of the original name (IMG4028, for example, so I get IMG4028(2). Only after I do that, do I get the "save as" option back, which means i either give up my naming convention or have two or more copies of everything.
Any suggestions? The "save as" option does not appear in the first step anymore.

ADDED: It's the software that came bundled with the Windows 10 Edge computer--it's just the Photos app.

Thank you.

 

Prevent photos from USB stick to automatically load into the Photos app

Hi Frank,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

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  Open Photo App.
  
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  Click on Settings at the bottom left corner.
  
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  Under viewing and editing.
  
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  Turn off automatically enhance your photo.
  

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

 

editing photo using Microsoft Paint Photo Editor

Hi,



I realized your concern and will assist you to resolve the issue.

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  Are you referring to Microsoft Paint?
  
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  Have you tried saving the photos after editing?
  

As a work around I suggest you to use Photo app for editing and check if the issue persist.



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