Windows 10: Photos App Speedup ; Explorer Indexing ; Windows 10 Photos App

Because Microsoft Photos App Image Viewer will open images sorted by "height" I am using it to evaluate many thousands of .jpg and .png image files as to whether I want to keep them or delete them. Normally I would "tag" the files I want to keep then delete the other, non-tagged files. But MS Photos App does not support tagging, I am immediately deleting the files I don't want to keep.


The problem is that when I delete the file, Photos App takes between 1/2 to 1-1/2 seconds to delete that image and load the next image. I have a fast SSD hard drive and fast processor. When I just scroll through the images, they transition lightning fast. All the other features on Photos App are also very fast. Only when I delete an image (by pressing the keyboard "delete" key) is there this delay.


I thought that the delay might be that Windows Explorer was busy re-indexing the files in the folder so I used the Indexing Options / Include Locations to Exclude the folder where the files are located. That did not seem to help much.


Next I used the Indexing Options / Advanced / file types / extension and unchecked the .jpg, .jpeg, and .png file types. This also did not seem to make much difference.


If possible I would like to eliminate the delay between pressing the "delete" key and the time the next image is displayed in Photos App. Does anyone know what Photos App is busy doing after pressing the "delete" key that causes this delay before loading the next image? And any suggestion as to what else can be done to minimize this delay time?


Thanks

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Photo app in Windows 10 is extremely slow

Rebuilding the search index in your computer may help speed-up the loading of photos in the app. The search index is like a directory of files and media in your computer. Follow the steps below:

• Click Start.
• On the search bar, type Indexing Options, and click on Indexing Options from the results.
• Click Advanced.
• Under Troubleshooting, click Rebuild.

We also suggest that you download and install any pending updates that needs to be installed on the computer through Windows Update and check if it helps resolve the issue.

If the issue persists, you may reinstall the Photos app. For steps on how to uninstall and reinstall the Photos app, follow the steps provided by Anil Madishetty on this thread:

Why won't my Photos app load on Windows 10.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Missing apps: Store, People, Photos, Games & Camera on upgrading to 10

Thanks for replying spunk. That's the 'alphabetical' list I was referring to, none of these apps are in that 'All apps' list. Any more suggestions?

 

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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