Disable auto enhance in Photos app

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Hi,

I'm having some problems with the Photos app as it automatically enhances my RAW photos, which is kind of ridiculous without actually giving me the option to disable it or not. I've searched online and people suggest to simply disable ''Automatically enhance your photos'' in the settings under Viewing and editing, but I do not have that option, as you can see in the screenshot I've attached below. Is there a fix for this?

Thanks

Edit: I might all add that once opening the RAW photos in the Photos app and after they are auto enhanced they also appear auto enhanced in other image viewing apps, which is completely ludicrous. Only app that displays the images correctly is QuickLook preview.

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Hey guys,

I found this thing "Color Management" was causing the trouble with my system. Only my second screen had this issue, that it changed colours and whatnot in the program "Photos". This trouble only appeared in my computer after this time August 2021.
The other problem I have is the picture frames the program Photos puts in the place, that happens in both screens. I need to get rid from that, so can maximize pictures. I use hide taskbars to fully utilize screen sizes and that renders any extra frames pointless, I wish windows would always add "on/off" buttons for these new features.

Steps I took:

Open "Settings"
Open "System"
Click "Display
Scroll down and then click "Advanced display settings"
Under "Choose display" select "Display 2: SyncMaster" (*or whatever you have trouble with)
Click "Display adapter properties for Display 2"
Change to tab "Color Management" then click "Color Management"
Change "Device:" to "Display: 2 (SyncMaster 226CW)" (*)
Check box "Use my settings for this device"
Click "Add..."
Choose from "ICC Profiles" -> sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (At least I had that listed there)
Click "OK"
Click "Set as Default Profile"
You should now see pictures normally. (At least what I can observe, I suffer eye colour blindness)
Close unnecessary windows.

My setup:
W10 x64
RTX 2080ti
i9-9900k
#1 Asus Rog Pg279q @2560x1440 165hz
#2 Samsung SyncMaster 226cw @1680x1050 60hz

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Anonymous

2021-01-25T00:16:38+00:00

I had this exact problem a couple of years ago and wasn't able to find a way of turning this crazy thing off. I gave up trying and downloaded a small simple program called "IrfanView". This worked just like the Microsoft photo viewer, but without the strange adjustments when viewing raw files. Today that changed and now it is doing the same thing. There seems to be no way of turning this off.

I'm bumping this thread in hope that Microsoft will see this and maybe take it seriously. I don't understand why this massive issue is being ignored. These photo viewing apps are literally incapable of displaying photos correctly so there's no point in having them
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Anonymous

2021-01-26T08:05:39+00:00

I went through the settings on IrfanView and came across a check box called "don't automatically lighten". I checked the box and it works perfectly again.

So anyone who has this issue I recommend downloading IrfanView as it does pretty much the same thing as the Microsoft photo viewer and just make sure that box is checked

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2021-01-26T08:31:57+00:00

Hi,

I'm having some problems with the Photos app as it automatically enhances my RAW photos, which is kind of ridiculous without actually giving me the option to disable it or not. I've searched online and people suggest to simply disable ''Automatically enhance your photos'' in the settings under Viewing and editing, but I do not have that option, as you can see in the screenshot I've attached below. Is there a fix for this?

Thanks

Edit: I might all add that once opening the RAW photos in the Photos app and after they are auto enhanced they also appear auto enhanced in other image viewing apps, which is completely ludicrous. Only app that displays the images correctly is QuickLook preview.

I am also facing the same issue and looking for the right solution. I hope I will find a solution in replies to this post.
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2021-01-29T02:46:25+00:00

Edit: I might all add that once opening the RAW photos in the Photos app and after they are auto enhanced they also appear auto enhanced in other image viewing apps, which is completely ludicrous. Only app that displays the images correctly is QuickLook preview.

Yes--that is my exact issue! I can see the correct Color Profile in QuickLook, but no other apps. It's so strange. I'm glad I at least figured out how to add Adobe RGB (1998) color profile to the Color Management system, so I can see the correct colors in QuickLook. But images are too red everywhere else because the color profile in the other apps is stuck in sRGB!!! Specifically the Windows default color profile **sRGB IEC61966-2.1.**Did the Windows developers somehow miss a line of code that syncs native Windows apps with the Color Management system?

Why won't the other Windows apps acknowledge that I've changed the default profile to Adobe RGB (1998)? It's also a problem in my Steam gaming app. Images in Netflix's homepage (not the streaming videos) are also too red. So why does QuickLook work??

HELP!!!!
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