So, the obvious answer is to disable these features. To “speed things up”, they have also enabled hardware acceleration for you, whether your computer is suited for this set up or not (how convenient!). We'll be waiting for your updates on this matter. Photo Viewer is trying to bring your photos into your connected life-style by connecting it up to your OneDrive account as well as enabling sharing for friends and family. Based on the details provided, have you checked your Windows Store if Photos App has a new update If not, kindly access Windows Store and search for Photos App.

As most free apps in 2019, “free” is not always “free”. It turns out that the default settings are less than ideal for performance.

This behavior led me to suspect that the problem was that the program was waiting for something to connect or time out. Photo Viewer allows you to view and rotate images as well as display a slideshow. Use something like these apps, which I feel is more reliable than Photos viewer in Windows 11. This would make sure the photos are not skipped. Press Ctrl+A to select all photos in a folder, and press Enter. Once loaded, it seems more or less fine and will load quickly again the next time. Volunteer Moderator Replied on Report abuse Yep, WPV does not work in Windows 11. If you want to skip to the good stuff, just look for the list in the next section.īasically, I think the issue is the result of several problems mixed together causing Photo Viewer to take up to 10 seconds to load. This was driving me crazy on multiple machines and, after playing around with a few options, I think I got to the root of the issue.

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