Photos App Source Keeps Changing Back to Default

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Another unhappy customer with the new Photos app I see! I think you will be surprised to learn many simply do not want the new touchscreen capable app but want to see the classic Windows Photo Viewer back again! And that is easily managed! See for yourself! Windows Photo Viewer - Restore in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

In fact when going to view an image file earlier I had a reminder about having forgotten to see the WPV enabled again after this latest Insider Preview build went on. With the image or photo opened up you can bring down the File option menu and choose the "Make a copy" option to custom save duplicates of the file or photo being viewed to any location you can browse being a plus item there!

This might be of interest (it's '8 and '10):
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/make-w...cally-onedrive

It's far easier to simply disable One Drive to begin with. Then you won't be seeing any interferences from that. OneDrive Run at Startup - Turn On or Off in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

I don't use One Drive here either so don't feel bad. The one thing about WPV is that it never changes any defaults on anything. If you are viewing a photo on a memory card in a camera you two options to copy or if you want someone's name on the duplicate you choose the Make a copy option instead and browse to the destination as well as "save as" such name rather then leaving every photo numbered in chronological order.

Enabling it doesn't automatically change the default from the Photos app either. That has done from the Opens with option found in the right click menu and even with WPV set as the default viewer you can still open something up to view using the Photos app unless uninstalled from the Start>Settings>System>Apps & Features section.



Even with the default here set for the classic Photo Viewer I still can choose any other app listed or go to the MS store if needed depending on what I will be doing with a particular file. I back things up from a cell phone with cam in it as well as having a separate camera/camcorder manually for each individual file since I have various folders on both OS drives as well as the storage/backup drives here.

The Photos app just like other things in Windows however is geared to look at the user account you are in at the time and likely the reason for the constant change. Each time you save something new the app looks to place it under the user account. I think this is what you will find being the main reason for the changes seen.

You can still manually start OneDrive up and back things up to a local folder out of what you find on OneDrive itself. Once you have everything backed up from any folders there you simply end the task in the Task manager itself to be sure it is closed out entirely. That is where you would go anyways to the Startup tab and locate the Microsoft OneDrive item to see it disabled anyways.

Ok, this is totally out of left field ...

Do you actually need the photo's app?

One of the best photo managers ever, (Adobe Bridge), is totally free so it may be an option, I can confirm that it keeps it's assigned defaults and works with Onedrive

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