"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
    2024-11-05T21:51:59+00:00

    I send a big thank you to the author of this reply. He was the first to find the problem and provide a solution. I don't know why someone clicks "Likes" on replies that don't contribute much to the matter. Greetings to all.

    I am having the same issue, just since the following Windows 10 update on Nov 1, 2024 ( a couple of days ago: 2024-10 Cummulative Update Preview.... Everytime I restart my computer, images from Explorer/all my files and folders, will open, but it is temporary each time. I also notice some updates with the Windows photos tool. So this must have been part of the update. This is obviously an update issue. Should I try to have Windows repair it or just uninstall the update? Hopefully a patch/updated update comes out quickly.

    UPDATE 11/5/24: Found the issue, I think. The update just messed up the settings and removed it as the default app, leaving no app set. You need to readd Photos as the default. See screenshots...ImageImage

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-05T21:12:25+00:00

    I can't get photos legacy. And the other photo viewer app that I downloaded stopped working too.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-05T20:50:36+00:00

    It's like what they did with Teams. New Teams doesn't work so you have to find Old Teams. I wonder why they don't test things a bit more, what with having over 1.5 billion users.

    Photos Legacy for the win!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-05T17:01:57+00:00

    I think I may have found a fix. Not to the problem, but just a fix to be able to open my photos.

    I opened the current Photos app, went to settings within the app window, scrolled down to where it has an option to download and use Photos Legacy and downloaded it. Once it was installed, I clicked on any photo and that asked my what app I wanted to use to open it. I chose the Photos Legacy app and then checked the box at the bottom to make that my default. Seems to be working so far.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-05T15:54:52+00:00

    My boss just received the "not implemented" message and I tried this fix. When I tried to select photos from the list for the default app, nothing is happening and it just remains "choose a default." For whatever reason, it's not accepting. I received the "not implemented" message about a week or 10 days ago, and I just downloaded another photo viewer app which I actually like better.

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