Friday, November 9, 2018

Win10: Photos app opens extremely slow

The Photos app on Windows 10 is just painfully slow.

Solution:
1. go to Settings > Privacy
2. under App permissions on the left, scroll down to Pictures
3. turn OFF Allow apps to access your pictures library
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4. go to App & features
5. select Microsoft Photos > Advanced options > Reset
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6. open Photos
7. click on the overflow menu (three dots) > Settings
8. remove any folders from collection
9. turn OFF Linked duplicates
10. turn OFF People

Alternatively, you can change the default program back to Windows Photo Viewer.

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