"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
    2024-11-02T00:16:52+00:00

    Let's be clear: not everyone above should need to run sfc/scannow. Once again MS points the finger and doesn't solve the problem. OK folks: YOU BROKE IT YOU FIX IT.

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  2. 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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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-02T00:55:12+00:00

    Why do you waste people's time providing the generic 'fix everything' response which is unhelpful ? Did you try to replicate the problem or check how many other people have it ?

    I just started getting the problem AND I CAN CONFIRM FOR YOU THAT PHOTOS OPEN FINE IN EVERY OTHER APP OTHER THAN PHOTOS ITSELF !! What does that suggest to you ?

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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
    2024-11-03T18:24:31+00:00

    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...

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