"Not Implemented" when clicking on photos in Windows Explorer

Anonymous
2024-10-30T20:20:13+00:00

I've been having this issue since shortly before installing the latest Windows Update last week. Any time I click on a photo within Windows Explorer, a message pops up that simply lists the file path and says "Not Implemented".

This started happening before I installed the update, and it was only upon restarting my computer to solve the issue that the update was installed (I tend to procrastinate updates).

The issue appears to be caused by Explorer. Downloading any random image with my Chrome browser and opening the image from the downloads list successfully opens the image, as does viewing images from within the Photos app itself.

Restarting Explorer from task manager fixes the issue temporarily, but it has always reoccurred after some time. So that's not a permanent fix and having to restart Explorer at least once a day is not ideal. I'm more just worried that this could be the precursor to or symptom of something much more serious. I've never had this problem before, and most issues like this are resolved with a full restart.

I don't know what to do.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-05T18:15:14+00:00

    Hi Leo
    I followed your suggested solution but it didn't work.
    is there is any other way to solve it!

    its really annoying !!!! and not reasonable at all.
    any updates available?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-02T17:55:07+00:00

    I have the same problem with my Windows 10.

    I was not having this problem before.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-30T19:55:31+00:00

    I don’t know, but I don’t want to upgrade to Win11. I have that on a different laptop and prefer 10.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-30T19:37:55+00:00

    Will installing windows 11 solve this problem?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-30T16:55:27+00:00

    Oh dear, that doesn’t sound good - I guess I’ll find out soon enough 🙄

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