Fix Missing Photos or Picture Icons after Creators Update

Fix Missing Photos or Picture Icons after Creators Update: If you have recently installed Creators Update then it might be possible that your photos or picture icons might be missing instead you might be seeing blank spaces in place of your icons. This is quite a common problem after updating Windows to the latest build, although the latest updates are essential they seem to broke more things than they seem to fix. Anyway, this error doesn’t seem to cause any problem with the working of applications as when you double click on your photos or pictures they will open in the default photos app. But this doesn’t mean that there is no problem because you still can’t see the icons. So without wasting any time let’s see how to actually Fix Missing Photos or Picture Icons after Creators Update with the below-listed steps.

Fix Missing Photos or Picture Icons after Creators Update

Nco ntsoov: Nco ntsoov tsim ib qho chaw nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv ib yam dab tsi mus tsis ncaj ncees lawm.

Method 1: Set the Photo App as Default

1.Nias Windows Key + I kom qhib Chaw App then navigate to:

Apps > Default Apps > Set defaults by app 

2.This would open a window where you could Set Default Programs for a particular file type.

3.From the list, select Photo App nyem rau Set this program as default.

4.Reboot koj lub PC kom txuag tau cov kev hloov pauv.

Method 2: Registry Fix

1.Nias Windows Key + R ces ntaus regedit thiab ntaus Enter kom qhib Registry Editor.

2.Navigate to the following registry path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExts.jpg

3. nthuav dav .jpg thiab tom qab ntawd ces nias rau UserChoice thiab xaiv Kev Tso Cai.

4.Now from the permissions window select TAG NRHO APPLICATION PACKAGES ces nias Advanced nyob rau hauv qis sab xis.

5.In the Advanced Security Settings window make sure the Local Account (Computer nameUser) yuav tsum muaj Access (set to allow) and configured to Set Value, Inherited from None and Applies to This key only.

6.If the Local Account is not configured as above then double click on it and change the values according to the above configuration.

7.Tom ntej no, xyuas kom meej qhov Administrator Account yuav tsum muaj Access (set to allow) and configured to Full Control, Inherited from CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorer, and Applies to This key and subkeys.

8.Also, if you can’t change the above settings then remove the entry and then click ADD.(Also applies if you don’t see the above permission values).

9.Click Xaiv ib Tus Thawj Xib Fwb ces nias Advanced thiab nias Find Now.

10.Xaiv koj Zej Zog Hauv Zos ces Tus thawj tswj saib xyuas haujlwm one by one and click OK to add each one of them.

11.Change the configuration according to above-specified values.

12.Checkmark the box at the bottom that reads “Replace all child object permission entries with inheritable permission entries from this object."

13.Nias Thov ua raws li OK.

14.Find the photo apps that was missing its icon then double click on it.

15.You should see a pop-up “An app default was reset” and the icon should get back to normal.

16.Reboot your PC.

Pom zoo rau koj:

Qhov ntawd yog nws koj tau ua tiav Fix Missing Photos or Picture Icons after Creators Update but if you still have any queries regarding this guide then feel free to ask them in the comment’s section.