Windows 10 Photos App

Question

Photos App stopped working with 17109 build and nothing I do, including a WSReset, Photos App reset has helped.
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I'm now on Insider 17120 and the uninstall is greyed out, so cannot un- and reinstall. Any suggestions how to fix this?

brian lynch · Answer

Try running this in an elevated PowerShell window:
Get-AppXPackage *Photos* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

bulldog bryden · Answer

Exact same issue for me, cannot find any help with this

deleted · Answer

Thanks, Brian, I tried as you suggest but get an error:&nbsp;
'Get-AppXPackage' is not recognized as an internal or external command,&nbsp;operable program or batch file.
Secondly must the elevated&nbsp;Get-AppXPackage *Photos* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}&nbsp;be run from any specific folder?

brian lynch · Answer

No, not from any particular folder...but it does need to be in an elevated PowerShell window not just a CMD window

bulldog bryden · Answer

This did work for me, as said run Powershell as admin and run command.&nbsp; you can also run it for&nbsp; *Photos* , *AppStore* , etc

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