Windows 10: Windows Photos refuses to open

Processor 12th Gen IntelR CoreTM i5-1235U 1.30 GHzInstalled RAM 16.0 GB 15.7 GB usableSystem type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processorPen and touch Pen and touch support with 10 touch pointsEdition Windows 11 Pro EducationVersion 22H2Installed on ‎20/‎2/‎2024OS build 22621.3737Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1009.0I have uninstalled the application via the start menu and then reinstalled it on Microsoft Store. When I enter the name photos using search and click the icon, the photos app does not load. It doesn't even open up to a blank screen/ black screen th

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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.

 

Lost default photo viewer after profile rebuild

Thanks Brink. I've tried those steps before i started searching Google. After the profile rebuild i don't have the Photo app listed to choose to make it default in either the system settings for default apps or the Open With option.

I can't even find it doing a search. Seems to have been removed somehow with the profile rebuild, which doesn't make sense.

Might be helpful to list what i've done I've done the open with check, the choose default program in the system menu, tried that in device manager default programs also. I've checked the programs and features Turn windows features on/off and it's not listed there (never thought it was but that was a suggestion), searched the MS Store, it's not listed there either.

I don't like playing in the registry unless i have defined steps and haven't found anything for this yet, just the Win7 version like in my OP.

 

Win10 refuses to change the default photo viewer

I just did a fresh Win10 reinstall on Sunday and I always prefer to use the old Windows Photo Viewer from Vista and 7. But when I choose 'open with' then check 'always use this app' for a picture it opens that time correctly but continues to default using the Win10 Photos app on subsequent tries. I've also tried using the Default Programs options and when I choose a different option for photos, Windows Photo Viewer isn't listed as an option (I've tried changing via file format too).

I've always switched the default photo viewer for Win10 to Windows Photo Viewer in the past and I'm not sure why now it refuses to switch the default. Possibly there's a way to fix this through the registry.

Thanks in advance *Smile