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Microsoft Photos App

Reset, uninstall and Reinstall Microsoft Photos app, the default photo viewer on Microsoft Windows 10.

When troubleshooting, Microsoft Windows Photos app can be reset in App & Feature settings.

Microsoft Windows Photos app can be accessed in App & Feature settings
Terminate/Stop or Reset Microsoft Windows Photos app

Get information about Microsoft.Windows.Photos with get-appxpackage.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-appxpackage Microsoft.Windows.Photos                                                                                                                                                                                
Name              : Microsoft.Windows.Photos
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : X64
ResourceId        :
Version           : 2019.19071.17920.0
PackageFullName   : Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2019.19071.17920.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
InstallLocation   : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2019.19071.17920.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe
PublisherId       : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False
NonRemovable      : False
Dependencies      : {Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.1_2.11906.6001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe,
                    Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.2.2_2.2.27912.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe,
                    Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.2.2_2.2.27328.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe,
                    Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.27323.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe...}
IsPartiallyStaged : False
SignatureKind     : Store
Status            : Ok

Remove and then re-install Microsoft.Windows.Photos using Remove-AppxPackage and Add-AppxPackage

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Appxpackage Microsoft.Windows.Photos | Remove-Appxpackage
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.Windows.Photos | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>
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