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_Bparker_
Jun 03, 2025Brass Contributor
Specifying wrong filename when using the Photos app URI scheme, causes Photos app to run without UI
Run: ms-photos:viewer?fileName=c:\doesnotexist.txt The Photos app process is running (is shown in task manager), but nothing is visible on screen. Trying it again adds another process that wi...
Holaway
Jun 06, 2025Iron Contributor
Yeah, if you launch the Photos app with a non-existent file using the URI scheme, it just runs invisibly in the background and stacks up zombie processes—really annoying and definitely a bug they should fix.