I can't open my photo file

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I can't open my photo file

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hi everyone, last night want to open my picture file but unfortunately I can't open it. everytime I tried to click the -picture, the picture won't shows and the only one showing was pop up notification saying the location of the file and after that file system error with some numbers on it. does anyone knows how to fix this? thank you so much

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Hello Metta,

I'm John an Independent Advisor and a Windows user like you. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you. When was the last time it worked properly?

Please try the following methods below.

**Update Microsoft Photos app

Open Microsoft Store then click Library

Update Microsoft Photos or click Update all

**Check for updates

Select Start > Settings > Windows Update. Select Check for updates. Install any available and pending updates and restart your device.

**Please try to run SFC and DISM to check for any system errors and corrupted files.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/402652...

After that, restart your computer

**Repair all Windows apps via PowerShell

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager then click File

Select "Run new task" then type: powershell

Make sure to put a check mark on the "Create this task with administrative privileges" box

Copy and paste the command below one at a time then press Enter. Please ignore the red errors and let the process complete.

Get-AppXPackage *Microsoft.Windows.Photos* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_. InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Restart your computer

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

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