"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
    2024-11-01T22:54:16+00:00

    I replicated David's point about desktop vs folder. And opening from within Photo works fine and allows transition from image to image.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-01T16:58:47+00:00

    I have the same problem... it should be a generalized one

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-01T00:17:18+00:00

    I will try clean boot, the only thing is I would have to stay in clean boot for around 24 hours since a restart would temporarily fix the issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-31T20:44:47+00:00

    I just started having the same problem today. Restarting worked for a bit, now it's back to the same problem. I have not tried any fixes listed yet.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-31T20:00:18+00:00

    This just started happening to me too. It seems to be an update that was installed that is causing the issue. This has worked fine for years...literally 5 or 6 years I have been using this computer, then all of a sudden this starts happening. There are 22 people with the same question and we have all been searching in the last 24 hours. Obviously something changed very recently during an update. Reinstalling the OS is not an option.

    Here is something interesting, if I move the jpg file to my desktop and double click on it it opens just fine, but from any other folder it fails.

    EDIT: All the checks ended with "No component store corruption detected." and "The restore operation completed successfully." No change in the ability to double click on a jpg file and have it open in Photos.

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