Windows 10: SPLIT VIDEO FUNCTION in MICROSOFT PHOTOS has disappeared

I have been using the "Split" function in the Microsoft Photos app for quite awhile now, but today that functionality disappeared.
I can't even find a reference to that function in the documentation anymore.

Today, I opened a video using Microsoft Photos.
I was able to split the video into a number of segments by clicking the "Split" icon at various points in the video.
I was then able to delete several segments, and save the thus edited video to a new file. It worked perfectly, as always.

Then, a few seconds later, I opened another video in Microsoft Photos to do the same thing.
But this time, the "Split" icon was no longer there, no matter which video I open.
(The "Split" icon used to be next to the "Trim" icon.)

So, what happened to the "Split" functionality in the time span of less than a minute?
(Please don't tell me that I can do splits by repeatedly doing trims - that is too tedious!)

:)

 

SPLIT VIDEO FUNCTION in MICROSOFT PHOTOS has disappeared

I have been using the "Split" function in the Microsoft Photos app for quite awhile now, but today that functionality disappeared.

I can't even find a reference to that function in the documentation anymore.

Today, I opened a video using Microsoft Photos.

I was able to split the video into a number of segments by clicking the "Split" icon at various points in the video.

I was then able to delete several segments, and save the thus edited video to a new file. It worked perfectly, as always.

Then, a few seconds later, I opened another video in Microsoft Photos to do the same thing.

But this time, the "Split" icon was no longer there, no matter which video I open.

(The "Split" icon used to be next to the "Trim" icon.)

So, what happened to the "Split" functionality in the time span of less than a minute?

(Please don't tell me that I can do splits by repeatedly doing trims - that is too tedious!)

 

SPLIT VIDEO FUNCTION in MICROSOFT PHOTOS has disappeared

"The split feature in Photos app is covered in this tutorial:

https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/cut-split-tr..."

Yes, I know this link...

This link shows that Photos does NOT have the "Split" feature!

It shows how to do splits in a ridiculous way using the "Trim" feature, instead.

As I said in my first post,

"(Please don't tell me that I can do splits by repeatedly doing trims - that is too tedious!)."

Of the 144 thousand employees, there are only one or two people in Microsoft that really knows what is going on here, and they can't be reached.

Thanks for trying anyway, but I am done here.

 

SPLIT VIDEO FUNCTION in MICROSOFT PHOTOS has disappeared

Update history shows no recently installed updates. So, that absolutely can't be the problem.
Microsoft Photos Verson 2019.19061.18920.0

Repair result: No Change

Reset result: No Change

Re-registering result: No Change
Windows 10 Version: 1809

Update & Security > Recovery:

Go back to previous version of Windows 10:

This option is no longer available because your PC was updated more than 10 days ago.
I don't want to go 1903 until I am convinced that it really is the issue,

which I don't see how it could be, since Photos was working fine for a long time.

And, even then I don't think I want to take a chance on upgrade problems.

Before I try more random stuff, I need an answer to the funny thing first...

The funny thing is:

Almost all online help and tutorials show that the Split feature does not exist,

but I found ONE recent online tutorial where they do show the Split feature.

Is the disappearance of the Split function an improvement?