"Not Implemented" when clicking on photos in Windows Explorer

See Diane Henriks thread, dated 03 November 2024 and updated on 05 November. // It worked for me after a restart. Let's see if it is long lasting..

I tried to search for Diane's reply, to be a bit more helpful. It is on page 2 of the "Not Implemented" thread... There a couple of screen shots there. Quoting her response: "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 read Photos as the default. See screenshots..."

I too have had this annoying message consistantly for a week, this time

I normally set JPG and PNG to default app Photos, and after next reboot it magically disappears.

A question?

Has any on tried uninstalling PHOTOSand REinstall?

• Using different versions of photos [if they exist]

I might give it a go later.

Tried copying to Desktop - and of course worked.

Sort of points to "Photos" being flakey

• On my personal Won1o Pro laptop,
• I have full ownership on my account to avoid defaut admin

btw: "Not implimented" would seem to say "haven't got that >> Function, Priv, Permission, ability ?? or even MS want you off Win 10 :)

Thanks, your suggestion is the best I've seen, and is easy to implement

Found a fix, a real one. I tested this with four users a few weeks ago and have not heard from them since then.

Summary: Purge the Photos app from the system (for everyone) and reinstall from the Store or from the appx/msix installer

The following commands need to be run in an elevated PowerShell

Step 1: Get the name of the provisioned package

Get-ProvisionedAppxPackage -Online | where {$_.DisplayName -like "*Photos*"}

Step 2: Remove the provisioned package

Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage -Online -PackageName [PackageName_from_step1]

Step 3: Verify if the app is still installed for anyone

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | where {$_.Name -like "*Photos*"}

Step 4: Remove the app for everyone

Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Package [PackageFullName_from_step3]

At this point, the Photos app should be purged. Rerun step 1 and 3 commands to be sure.

Step 5: Reinstall the app

Option 1: Install from the Store. This will install the app only for the current user, it won't be provisioned for new users. This is probably fine for personal computers.

Option 2: Download the appx/msix installer (search "download appx" if you don't know how to do this). Then, run this command:

Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -SkipLicense -PackagePath [path_of_downloaded_file]

This should reinstall the app for everyone as well as new users.

Followed the steps provided. Unfortunately, this did not resolve the issue for me.

This has happened to me on previous windows 10 updates. However, I have forgotten the simple fix for it. It certainly does not require a clean install.