Windows 10: Photos App in Windows 11 modifies quality when opening photo

Hi guys,I'm at my wits' end trying to find an answer for this problem. I'm running Windows 11 Pro, and I'm having problems with the Photos app. When I double click a photo, it opens with the Photos app, but the quality/colours/brightness/contrast of the photo looks totally wrong. The "thumbnails" AND the "preview" of the photos in File Explorer are correct, it's only when double clicking the photos that the problem happens. Today I even installed a third-party photo viewer to check if the problem was with my computer in general, but no, the other app shows the photo correctly. It's only the Ph

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Photos are opening with Paint instead of Photos app

Hello,

It's likely that your default application for opening photos is Paint. To change your default program in Windows 10 from
Paint to the Photo app, we suggest that you perform the following steps:

• On the Start menu, select Settings.
  
• Go to System, then go to Default apps.
  
• Select Photos or any app that you like to be the default under
  Photo viewer.

Update us if the steps above helped you in resolving your concern.

 

Unable to open the photos in Photos App

Hello David,

I realize the inconvenience you are facing in opening the Photos in Windows. We will help you.

To assist you better, I suggest you to answer the below questions.

• Are you trying to open the photos in Photo App?
• Are you getting any error messages when you try to open the photos?
• Do you have the copy of those photos and are you able to open those photos?

Please post to us with the information above to help you better.

 

Open with another app 'photos'


When you choose photos and select 'open with' it gives a selection of apps. In the list I see the apps but one that looks odd is labelled %1 and has a generic app icon. It's almost as if it's some kind of old or broken program that doesn't exist. All the other programs like paint and photos are in the list as they should be but this is a rogue one. Does anyone else see this?