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Windows Photo's

peter_the_piper
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OH has a problem with using windows photo's . You click on the box on the screen, up pop's the black box for 5 seconds then it goes. Whilst we can access the pics through file explorer we have no means of viewing them properly. Any suggestions? She used to have PhotoGallery but that disappeared when it went to a repair shop for another problem. As photo gallery is not still available for win 10 we can't now access that.
I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
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  • EveryWhere
    EveryWhere Posts: 3,249 Forumite
    https://www.thewindowsclub.com/download-windows-live-essentials-windows-10 to regain Photo Gallery.

    The other option is to do a repair install to fix whatever problem you have now or take the opportunity to fit an SSD and run a clean install of Windows .
  • dipsomaniac
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    must be something to do with photo gallery being uninstalled. is photos pointing at the correct source folders? you can check in settings
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  • EveryWhere
    EveryWhere Posts: 3,249 Forumite
    What happens when you right click on the photo, choose 'Open with' and then select a suitable program from the options shown(Photos, in this case). Does it open?
    If so, https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-change-file-associations-in-windows-2624477

    Tell us something about your device. Brand name and model etc
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Thanks, will check these and come back with model etc.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • peter_the_piper
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    EveryWhere wrote: »
    What happens when you right click on the photo, choose 'Open with' and then select a suitable program from the options shown(Photos, in this case). Does it open?
    If so, https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-change-file-associations-in-windows-2624477

    Tell us something about your device. Brand name and model etc
    It opens with a black box for 5 seconds then the box closes.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • EveryWhere
    EveryWhere Posts: 3,249 Forumite
    peter_the_piper wrote: »
    It opens with a black box for 5 seconds then the box closes.

    The same with all of the possible choices or just with the Photos application?
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Only tried photo application, I'll try the others when I get home. Thanks
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • DoaM
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    BTW ... who do the photos belong to? ;)

    /Greengrocer's or Butcher's Apostrophe :D
  • peter_the_piper
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    OH, saved from camera.
    Tried a newly downloaded program Myphoto's, click on the start and it loads the panel with the program name and disappears after 5 seconds soits not just microsofts photo program.


    HP15 laptop using win 10.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • EveryWhere
    EveryWhere Posts: 3,249 Forumite
    peter_the_piper wrote: »
    OH, saved from camera.
    Tried a newly downloaded program Myphoto's, click on the start and it loads the panel with the program name and disappears after 5 seconds soits not just microsofts photo program.


    HP15 laptop using win 10.

    How about the other "Open with" options?
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