Windows 10: Windows 11 only shows tile not my photos anymore. I need to restore my photos. HELP!

I recently went from Win10 Pro to Win 11 Pro...27 days ago. 2 days ago all my photos changed to tiles and I cannot see them without opening in another App. How do I go back to seeing my photos. I read in another post about One Drive maybe the problem but I don't know what to do?

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Controlling which photos appear on the photo tile

Hi,

To resolve the issue, we would suggest that you follow the steps below:

• Press “Windows key”, right click on Photo app
• Click “Turn Live tile off”
• Now open the “Photo app”, click on “settings” in the left pane
• Add photos folder in the sources that you want to view on the tile
• In the “photo tile” option, click on “recent photos”
• Close the current window, again press “Windows key”
• You should be able to see the selected images now

Hope this helps. Do get back to us should you need further assistance.

Regards.

 

How To Restore Photos Live Tile In Start Menu?


Hello Rocky,

Look to see if you see "Photos" listed in the All apps left side of the Start menu. If there, then you can right click on it and click on "Pin to Start" to restore the Photos tile.

 

Photos app tile

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

To better understand the issue please let us know.

1.Does the issue happens to every photo or to that particular photo?

2.Have you tried changing the photo on the tile and see if the issue persists?

If not follow the steps to change the photo on the tile and see if it helps:

• 
  Open the Photos app.
  
• 
  Go to settings and go to photo tiles and change it to a single photo and see if the issue persists.
  

Hope this helps.

If the issue persists please get back to us we will be happy to help you further.