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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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As others have noted, if you install Photos Legacy from the Windows store, and then right click and use "Open With," you can still view your pictures.
With this said, that Windows has lost the ability to open an image on a double click (and has not pushed out a fix) is either grotesque incompetence or a hamfisted attempt to get people to get off Windows 10 and move to Windows 11.
Either way, not a good look.
This is the most valuable response - with the link to the legacy photos app.
It should be the answer.
This is very a widespread problem
Much better support from Reddit community
The 'open with'... workaround works but is tedious.
People are even doing the hacks to re-enable the really old windows photo viewer because the current photo viewer is just broken.
Photos Legacy works no problem, less hacking.
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nv2l4xvmcxm
also just started happening to me!! Photos has been working fine until now.
MS stop wasting peoples time and FIX UP the problem you've created!! or tell us how to roll-back an update you've just pushed out to everyone!
I'll be using my apple laptop for now!!
Except for the fact this doesn't solve the issue....
