Windows 10: Unable to view photos only shows icons or open most photos it appears you don't have...

I installed Windows 11 around 11/11/21. Since then I've not been able to open or view most of my photos. I discovered this issue 12 days after installation and decided to roll back to Windows 10 to only find out the roll back period was only 10 days instead of the previous 30 days. Why ??? They will open in Explorer pictures but it only shows icons of the pictures folder so it's virtually unusable to find photos. In Windows photos it says "it appears you don't have permission to open this file" I had none of these issues using Windows 10. I've tried several permission solutions but found none

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Folder Photos: Showing Thumbnail Photos Rather Than IrfanView Icons ?

Open File Explorer > top right, click Options > click Change folder and search options > click View at top > UN-check the box " Always show icons, never thumbnails" > OK when done.

 

The 'Photos' app for photo viewing has disappeared.

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience caused to you. Please do not worry, I will be glad to assist you with this.

To better assist you, let us know if the app shows up when you type "photos" in the search bar.

If that doesn't help, I would suggest you to try opening any photo by following the steps below:

1. Right click on a photo and select open with.

2. From the available options, if "photos" is listed, select it.

3. Once you open the photo through the app, the icon will appear on the taskbar.

4. Right click on the icon in the taskbar and see if you are able to pin it to the taskbar.

If that doesn't help, check if you are able to download the app through Windows store.

Let us know the result. We will be glad to help if you need further assistance.

 

Folder Photos: Showing Thumbnail Photos Rather Than IrfanView Icons ?


Hello,

I have a Folder on my Desktop in which
I have placed many photos.

The listing shows up just fine, and if I click on one of them, it opens perfectly.
No problems.

But, the listing in the Folder only shows a small IrfanView icon for each of them, and then a name or number.

Any way to have the listing show small thumbnails of the actual pix's, rather than just
an IrfanView icon for each ?

Thanks,
Bob