Windows 10: Why is the Photos App Not Functioning like it Always Has??

My current laptop is one year old, has an i7 proc, and 16GB RAM. It's not a resource issue. I have long used the Windows built-in application for viewing pictures. Starting with Windows 10 and now 11, I have fully leveraged Photos to view, make quick edits, and compare.Something's changed and it's incredibly frustrating. One of my quickest "go-to's" is to pull up the first image, arrow right to each subsequent photo, and then delete the ones I don't need - e.g., blurry photos, duplicates, etc. I also will rotate images accordingly from portrait to landscape or vice versa. These two steps have

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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.

 

Re-install Windows 10 Photo Edit app "Warm" Function

Hi,

To better understand your concern about the app in Windows 10, please answer the following:

• Are you pertaining to the Photos app?
• Did you lose the function after updating the app?

If you lost the function after an update was installed on your computer, you can try the steps on this

page to restore from a system restore point. Doing this will revert your computer's state to when you haven't updated the system.

We also suggest you provide a feedback or suggestion
here for Microsoft to look into your opinion about our products.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Windows photo app - Export/Share function problem.

Hi Mark,

For us to provide you an accurate resolution, we would like to verify the following:

• Are you pertaining to the Windows Photo app?
• Were there any updates/changes made on your computer prior to this concern?
• Are you getting any error messages? If yes, what is the exact error message?
• Aside from CahangirTahirov's suggestion, can you tell us what other troubleshooting steps have you taken?
• Have you tried the other troubleshooting steps provided in this thread? If yes, can you tell us what are those, and what are the results?

We look forward to your response.