Windows 10: Photos Legacy will not open.

Photos Legacy will not open. I thought maybe uninstalling and re-installing would help, but after uninstalling and going to the Microsoft Store, I could not find Photos Legacy there. What gives? I then tried uploading photos from my Iphone with the Microsoft Photos app. Whereas Photos Legacy organized photos in folders by month, the photos app with Windows 11 seems to enter them in a random order and forces you to check individual photos for uploading. It says 4,000 photos were ready to import. No way can I look at 4,000 photos when I only need to upload the latest 200 or so. Surely the

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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.

 

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.

 

how to get Photos Legacy

Hi Robert,

I'm Christine, an Independent Advisor and a Windows user like you. I can see here that you would like to get the Photo Legacy. No worries, I'll do my best to help you.

To get that app, please click start menu and type Photos then hit enter

Select Settings and scroll down, you'll see the Photo Legacy, please click on it. And that should give you the Photo Legacy.

Please check and follow the steps from the link below:

How to get the Photos Legacy

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wha...

Please let me know the result. I'll be happy to assist you all the way until it's resolved.

Thank you,

Christine L

Independent Advisor