Windows 10: Why is Microsoft Forcing us the Terrible and Disgusting Photos App?

So I had run into some issues with my Windows and had to Reset. After that I ran into another problem. Apparently, all my photos would open in the Disgustingly Slow, Sluggish, and the Worst Photo Viewer on the Planet 'Windows Photos App'. I tried all methods to change it to the Original Windows Photo Viewer and Surprisingly there wasn't any option to select photo viewer. It wasn't even available in it's installation Directory. I found a Registry Hack Later. But that's me. I'm 23 and not so dumb about computers but there are People for whom these computers are a big learning curve. So I have 2 problems with the Photos App. 1. It's Plain Terrible. 2. People for whom the learning curve for computers is big, they have to learn to adapt to a new app all the time - new and terrible app. I'm So frustrated with these 2 issues because 1 of them affects me personally the first one and the other affects my parents and family the second one. Now the big thing is that if you Google or Bing a Comparison between the Photos App and the Original Windows Photo Viewer, you will see most people still prefer the Original One and it is by far the Better of the Two for 'Simple' Photo Viewing. Over 90% that's my estimation of the population that uses Windows doesn't require a Photo Editor built into their Photos App - at least not a terrible one like Windows Photos App. So WHY FOR THE MOTHER OF UNIVERSE, if it's so clear that people absolutely hate that photos app, does Microsoft Want to Force it to us? I'm ok with Photos App being a Default when you install windows but why the SHEEP would you 'Hide' Windows Photo Viewer from the 'Open with' Menu? That's Pure Evil. WHY MICROSOFT, WHY?

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Photos App of Windows 10 is Disgusting

The photos app of windows 10 is completely disgusting. Following are the problems i am facing:

• The photos take too long time to load as compared to Windows 7 photos app (which I was using for more than 4 years).
• The zoom feature of the 10 version is completely disgusting. I am unable to zoom.
• The app sometimes automatically gets closed when i am trying to view something.

Are not the developers good enough to fix these small issues? Is this what users expect to see when they are actually paying hundreds of dollars?

 

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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Microsoft Phot App

Hi PaBluOz,

Since the language on your PC is already set to Australian English, then I suggest that you reset your Microsoft Photos app. Note that the app's data will be deleted once you reset it.

To reset the Photos app, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Settings > Apps > Apps & features.
2. Locate and select Photos from the list of apps.
3. Click Advanced options, then click Reset.

If you continue to have this issue even after performing the above steps, please reply to this thread. The system will notify me so I can get back to you and provide you more answers.

Regards.