Windows 10: Opening an image in Photos causes it to flip through all images in folder

I have been having this problem for a few days now. When I open up an image the photo app will flip through all the images i have in the folder and then stop on the last one. I have restored to a previous state which fixed it for a day but the next day the issue was back. I have unpluged my mouse and keyboard to see if that was the issue but the problem still occured. I ran /sfc scannow off my cmd which detected no issues, and I have done 3 virus scans.

Someone please help me.

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Opening Multiple Images in Multiple Folders with Windows Photo viewer (Like in Window 7, 8)

Hi Asad,

We appreciate you for being a part of Windows 10.

Before proceeding, we need more information to help you better.

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  What do you refer to when you say “by putting * sign in search criteria”?
  
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  Which is the image file type you are trying to open?
  

Kindly follow the below steps and check if it helps.

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  Open the image location (from location where you are trying to open image file).
  
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  Right click on image, click on Open with and select
  choose another app.
  
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  Check the box Always use this app to open .jpg files. (The file type of image will vary according to your preference of the selected image)
  
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  Click on Windows photo viewer and click on OK.
  
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  Now, try to select the multiple images from the folder and press
  Enter key on the keyboard. (Select the .jpg file type of images.)
  
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  It will open the images through Windows photo viewer and you can click on Play slideshow button in Windows photo viewer.
  

Note: For opening the other type of image files, follow the steps from 1-4 and check if it works.

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

How to open multiple images in same instance of Photo Viewer?


Wow, thanks a lot for replying so quickly! In other forums I sometimes have to wait for days for a reply

I also have Builld 10240 and Windows Photo Viewer is already set as my default program for all picture formats.
Stepping through all images in a folder works for me but sometimes I only want to select just a few images in a folder (by clicking on each image while holding down CTRL) and step through this selection in Windows Photo Viewer. When I select 5 images in a folder that contains 100 images and I hit enter, 5 instances of Windows Photo Viewer open up.
Edwin, did I get this right that on your PC this operation only opens one instance of Photo Viewer?

PS: Since English isn't my mother tongue, maybe sometimes my explanations aren't that easy to follow. Please bear with me *Redface

 

UNABLE TO OPEN IMAGES AND VIDEOS

Hi,

Have you tried performing the troubleshooting steps listed in the article given by
Robert Caw? It was posted above.

As a workaround, you may try these steps:

• Right-click the photo or video.
• You'll see a pop-up box, choose Open With.
• Then choose Paint or Photos to open an image.
  
  (There are also options to open videos when you click Open With.)

We look forward to your response.