Windows 10: Your Phone Companion YPC App / Icon Disappeared From PC

YPC was here yesterday and gone today. I can't find it on my computer. I was able to connect it to my phone a few days ago and it was working fine on my PC without a problem. The icon is now gone and it's not listed in my Apps list. I tried to to download and install again. I rebooted my computer a couple of times without any luck. Will appreciate assistance. Thank you.

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Phone Companion App not starting...

Hi Atta,

We appreciate you for being part of Windows 10.

Before proceeding, we need more information to help you better.

• Do you get any error message when you access Phone companion app?
• Do you face the issue on any other app?
• Have you disabled the firewall settings?

I suggest you to uninstall and reinstall the Phone companion app and check if you are facing the issue only on Phone companion app.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with this issue. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Has anyone been able to get phone companion to work

Hi,

I suggest you to uninstall and reinstall the Phone companion app and check if you are facing the issue

To uninstall the phone companion app please follow the steps below:

• 
  Type phone companion in the
  search box.
  
• 
  Right click on
  phone companion and click on uninstall.
  

Once it is uninstalled, you can reinstall it from windows store.

You can refer the article below:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/microsoft-phone-companion/9wzdncrfj3pm

Please get back to us with updated status. We will be happy to assist you further.

 

Photos get reduced when copied to PC using Windows 'Your Phone' app

This post is linked to but it is separate from my previous post: - I am finding the Windows 10 ‘Your Phone’ (WYP) app unstable which I consider 'Solved' now.

Windows ‘Your Phone’ (WYP) app v1.21022.160.0 and Android ‘Your Phone Companion’ (YPC) app v1.21022.119.0

PC OS = Windows 10 v20H2, Build 19042.868 and phone OS = Android 10

I have noticed that photo sizes which are above 1.6 MB on phone SD card get reduced when copied to PC. The reduction can be up to 65% so a 4.3 MB photo on phone becomes only 1.4 MB on PC. Photos below 1.6 MB get copied over at full size. The maximum photo size on PC seems limited to 1.6 MB if copied via WYP and YPC.

Question - There are no settings in WYP or YPC to control this so is this normal?