Windows 10: Microsoft Photos

First, please recognise that I am no techie !! Until recently I used Windows 7 and Photo Gallery to manage etc my photographs. Now using Windows 10 (version 1903) and the Photos App. For 10 years or more, I have used a folder in Pictures on the PC hard drive called "Our Digital Pictures" in which I keep all images in sub-folders with names I understand; for example "Scotland Holiday April 2018", and which I access from a shortcut on the desktop …. very much still a Windows 7 person !


Now, when I add a USB Card Reader with my SD Card in, the Photos App. opens and I import the images on the SD Card to Photos, and they appear in Photos under a heading, generated by Photos, such as September 2019 07/09 8 photos. In my mind, so far so good. I then select all the new images that I have just imported and right click on one of them, choose "copy", open the "Our Digital Pictures" shortcut, open a new folder and name it, for example, "Norfolk Holiday August 2019", go into this new empty folder and right click and choose "paste". As before, all the new images appear exactly where I want them; again no problem. However, if I, whilst working on these images (editing, cropping etc) I find some (usually quite a few !) that are not worth keeping, I individually delete them. This also results in the original image in the Photo App. being deleted.


Basically, I have a problem, I think, with my understanding of file management ? And, what with my poor memory, I expect the same happened under Windows 7 and Photo Gallery; but I did not notice it. In my mind, as I used "copy" and "paste" to get the images into my folder "Our Digital Pictures", and not "cut" and "paste", I automatically think that there are now two copies of each image on my PC. I have to accept, however, that when I delete one image in "Our Digital Pictures" and it is immediately deleted from the Photos App, that I am totally wrong !


Can anybody help me to understand what is happening when, after importing images to the Photos App, I "copy" and "paste" those images to my "Our Digital Pictures" folder ? Is it a fact that by me carrying out the above described procedure, there is still only one image of each photograph on my PC ? Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you, Dave.

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WINDOWS 10 MICROSOFT PHOTO APP

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

The Photos app brings together pictures from all your devices using OneDrive, so that you can browse them by date, album or folder. It also automatically enhances photos, and creates albums for you, to showcase your best shots.

I suggest you to follow the methods below and check if it helps:

Method 1:

I suggest you to change the Default apps in the setting app and verify the result. You may follow the steps in the below:

• Go to settings and system.
  
• Click on Default Apps and select the appropriately.
  

Method 2:

I suggest you to reinstall Photo app using the PowerShell command
and reinstall using the Windows store. Follow the below steps.

• Open the　Start　menu, type　Windows PowerShell　in the search bar.
  
• Right click on the　Windows　PowerShell　and select　Run as　administrator.
  
• Enter the below command to uninstall the Photo app.
  

• 　　get-appxpackage　　*Microsoft.Windows.Photos* | remove-appxpackage
  

More reference:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-10/photos

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

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Microsoft Photos

Hi Catherine,

We would like to know more information about this concern. Please answer the following questions:

• Have you tried opening some of the pictures to a different computer?
• Is there any error message when you open a picture?
• Is it only happening with photos?

We also suggest that you reset Photos application by following these steps:

• Click Windows icon.
• Choose Settings or Gear icon.
• Go to System.
• Click Apps & features then click Photos.
• Select Advanced options then Reset.

Looking forward to your reply.

 

Lost default photo viewer after profile rebuild


Thanks Brink. I've tried those steps before i started searching Google. After the profile rebuild i don't have the Photo app listed to choose to make it default in either the system settings for default apps or the Open With option.

I can't even find it doing a search. Seems to have been removed somehow with the profile rebuild, which doesn't make sense.

Might be helpful to list what i've done I've done the open with check, the choose default program in the system menu, tried that in device manager default programs also. I've checked the programs and features Turn windows features on/off and it's not listed there (never thought it was but that was a suggestion), searched the MS Store, it's not listed there either.

I don't like playing in the registry unless i have defined steps and haven't found anything for this yet, just the Win7 version like in my OP.