Photos app not reading photos  

Edwin said:

It shows, in the folder, the folder preview and collections...,

gotta hit the hay, early day tomorrow!

I’m jealous ! how come for me any folder I add from app data doesn’t show any of the photos? What are your permissions for that folder ?

Edwin said:

Well, wadda ya know!!!

Doesn't work on Insider Build!!!



(What a terrible App!!! I think Picture Manager from Office 2010 is 100 times better than that piece of junk!!! Sorry, that app is glitchy as hell!!!)

Thank you so much for confirming ! I won’t break my head anymore! Doesn’t read anything in app data lol,so this thread can be moved to windows insider forum !

Steven Campoli said:

Can you guys open the photos app, click settings.. add the folder appdata/local/Microsoft/windows/themes/roamedthemefiles/desktopbackground

And see if the app read the photos in this folder? Mine does not.

Mine works (Windows 10 Pro x64 (1909 build 18363.693). What am I missing?




The desktop background is jpeg.

sygnus21 said:

Mine works (Windows 10 Pro x64 (1909 build 18363.693). What am I missing?




The desktop background is jpeg.

Yes I think it’s a insiders preview bug, this thread can be moved to windows insiders. @Edwin stated it works on normal builds but not in the latest insider build. thanks for the reply, glad it works on regular builds.

Got it - issue with insiders.

Thanks.

Edwin said:

@Steven Campoli

Just wondering, is there lots of images in those folders that you need frequent access to?

Why not copy them to a Wallpaper folder?

@Edwin, yes for sure i can create a folder in pictures and add them, was just just more the how to fix it and make it work normally lol