Windows 10: Photos issue after Win 11 update

After an automatic update was carried out I found that I could not use the Photos app to view images across multiple folders after instigating a *.jpg command in the search bar. This function was available before the update and returned after a system restore. However another two updates occurred overnight and the function has gone again. This was a pretty neat feature. I'm not sure what the first update was that caused the issue but the latter two were 2022-12 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 for x64-based Systems KB5021234 and 2022-12 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 and 4.8.1

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WIN 11 Photos App PEOPLE

I've been using the PHOTOS App, specifically the PEOPLE segment to identify family member groups of digital photos, and just in case others have struggled with the following topic, I thought I would post my most recent observations:

• To date, I have not discovered a way of "manually" specifying a "Person" (as a tag) to a photo
  
  • The only current solution is to select one or many photos, which do not include the identified person in a "group" or "collection", and to then select the "Remove tag" command with a right button click
    
  • Then the facial recognition routines will see if it can find another candidate (you don't know who) until you begin reconciling again
    
  • Most likely you will repeat the above process until it finally "gets it"
    
  • IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF, WHEN SELECTING A PHOTO(S) IN A PEOPLE COLLECTION, YOU COULD THEN SPECIFY THE CORRECT PEOPLE(S) TAG(S) THAT IT SHOULD HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH IT (OR THEM)
    
• I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to get the PEOPLE collections to display or sort in an appropriate chronological order
  
  • The key issue was that photos that were copies in my photos archive had file "create" dates that represented the date the file was copied there
    
  • The other key issue was that old photos that had been scanned, had the date that they were scanned
    
  • I erroneously spent a great deal of time trying to get the "create date" modified for the above files (don't bother with this assumption)
    
  • I LEARNED THAT THE ORDER OF THE PHOTO PEOPLE COLLECTIONS IS BASED 1ST ON THE "Date Taken" FIELD, FOUND IN THE "DETAILS" PAGE OF THE FILE PROPERTIES PANEL, THEN 2ND ON THE FILE "CREATED" DATE
    
    • Multiple and All photos in a folder can be modified with an updated "Date Take" date by selecting them and then selecting the Properties command. Then go to Details and select the (most likely empty) "Date taken" field. From there you can enter any date you'd like
      
    • Have also observed that while viewing a PEOPLE Collection, you can select a (or many) photo(s) and by using the menu initiated by the RMB, select the "Change Date" to modify the meta data contained in the "Date taken" field of its properties
      
    • After making these changes, the photo order in the PEOPLE Collection will reflect the changes that you have made, and the "fuel gauge" control on the right side of the panel will allow you to go to the year/decade you are seeking
      
• Side topics that are interesting, that were observed in this research, WIN 11 will not allow for setting the system date any further back than 1980, whereas WIN 10, does allow for this, at least back to 1960
  
• Additionally, my observations are that the ability to copy or move files from networked computers, where one is WIN 11 and one is WIN 10, without having the destination files updated with a current "Create" date, is practically impossible
  

 

printing from "Photos", Win 10

Hello,

Thank you for keeping us posted.

From the last update, I understand that the suggested methods did not help to resolve the issue.

At this point I would suggest you to reinstall the Photo App and check with the results. Please follow the below steps.

Uninstall the Photo App

• 
  Press Windows key and type Powershell
  in search, right click on it and Open as administrator .
  
• 
  Type the following command in Powershell and hit enter:
  
  get-appxpackage *Microsoft.Windows.Photos* | remove-appxpackage
  

Reinstall the App from :
Photo App in Store


Hope it helps this time.

Thank You.

 

Slide Show issues while accessing Photos

Hello,

Thank you for your continued patience on this issue.

At this point, I suggest you to reinstall the Photo App in Windows and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

Step 1: Uninstall the Photo App

• 
  Press Windows key and type Powershell
  in search, right click on it and Open as administrator .
  
• 
  Copy and paste the following command in Powershell and press enter:
  
  get-appxpackage *Microsoft.Windows.Photos* | remove-appxpackage
  
  

Step 2: Re-install the Photo App from the below link:

Microsoft Photos


Write to us with the updated information. If you need further assistance, we would be happy to help you.

Thank you.