That is pretty drastic as a first step ;)
"Not Implemented" when clicking on photos in Windows Explorer
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Anonymous
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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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2024-11-05T15:54:27+00:00 While there wasn't a default app set, setting Photos as the default did not fix the issue for me. The only thing that fixes it is stopping and restarting explorer, and then, only for a little while.
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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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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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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!!