Microsoft Photo Viewer automatically applies yellow tint to photos

Anonymous
2021-07-31T04:07:34+00:00

Microsoft Photo Viewer applies a yellow filter to all images when I try to view them, if I'm skipping between photos quickly there's a short glimpse of the normal photo before the filter is applied.

This doesn't permennantly change the images however it makes it hard to see the quality of the photos. Unlike any previous issues I can find online it's only the photo that's yellowish not the background.

I've tried to fix this by removing the colour profiles and restarting my pc however this didn't help.

I'm currently using windows 10

Thanks in advance,

Harvey

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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Anonymous
2021-08-23T21:05:35+00:00

Ok

now i solved it

I solved following this guide:

  1. go to Colour Management (search in the search folder)
  2. select the monitor you are looking the photo into (IMPORTANT! i did it once and did'nt worked because i was selecting the wrong monitor)
  3. check Use My Profile
  4. remove the current color profile
  5. add a new profile and select sRGB IEC61966-2.1 under ICC Profiles
  6. close and reboot

If you don't whant to remove the colour profile, you can try to add a new one and select it as a default profile.

Hope this help

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-10-23T00:16:09+00:00

    This has nothing to do with display controls. It also has nothing to do with graphics settings on the card. It's a problem with the app itself.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-10-31T07:08:03+00:00

    Ok

    now i solved it

    I solved following this guide:

    1. go to Colour Management (search in the search folder)
    2. select the monitor you are looking the photo into (IMPORTANT! i did it once and did'nt worked because i was selecting the wrong monitor)
    3. check Use My Profile
    4. remove the current color profile
    5. add a new profile and select sRGB IEC61966-2.1 under ICC Profiles
    6. close and reboot

    If you don't whant to remove the colour profile, you can try to add a new one and select it as a default profile.

    Hope this help

    It perfectly works in Windows 10, but in Windows 11 it doesn't.
    Changing the profile doesn't help to get rid of the yellow tint.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-10-31T11:09:09+00:00

    I've been having this problem for months now.

    I go through all the steps listed in the replies above but whenever I restart my laptop it reverts to the 'Default' profile which produces the yellow tint.

    Is there a way of making the change permanent? Windows Photo Viewer is the only photo app that does exactly what I want it to...

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-12-31T23:30:40+00:00

    I have the same problem with Windows 11 photo viewer on a new laptop, bought especially to edit and look through photos etc. Im pretty disappointed to say the least. I have no idea how to fix this.

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