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tomdw
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Sep 07, 2023

Photos App not working "Invalid Value For Registry"

I've had this problem reoccur for multiple Azure Virtual Desktop customers throughout the last years (multi-session Windows 10 and 11).    When a user tries to open a .jpeg or any other photo-file,...
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dplastow98
Copper Contributor
Dec 18, 2023
I have experienced this issue since I started working with AVD around 18 months ago. We have tried building VM's using marketplace images, custom images and the Custom Image builder, and still experience the same problem with each VM type.
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mlroberts98
Copper Contributor
Feb 13, 2024

Hi All,

 

I'm very glad to have found this, because I've been having the exact same issue within our AVD environment for about 8 months. We've had a Microsoft Premier case raised for this period but so far, nothing

 

We seemed to have first noticed this issue shortly after updating & rolling out our base image, which makes me think it's either FSLogix or Windows Update related. I've given Microsoft libraries of info & logs, but they've not yet been able to fix.

 

I've ran this on one of our test AVD servers & so far, it's worked, but I think like with all "fixes" posted here, it'll only be temporary:

 

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

 

I'll keep everyone updated with the case, so hopefully we can get this resolved!

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    HenrikH29
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 19, 2024

    mlroberts98 Any news about your testing.

     

    We have the same problem. Thinking of af workaround. Using RunOnce til run at script that opens and closes til Photo App (and film/video viewer app). Then deploying the RunOnce every time we update the Template (or putting it in the Template).

     

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      mlroberts98
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 19, 2024

      HenrikH29 Hi mate, afraid not. MS are still not able to confirm what the underlying issue is, so we're going to look at using third party applications

       

      I saw a fella in this chain mention how he was going to do the same & use the below:

       

      Photos - Irfanview

      Video - VLC Media Player

      Calculator - Windows7calculator

       

      If we don't, I've got a feeling we'll have these issues till the end of time

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