Can I Tweak This in Old Photos Legacy?

I've recently solved an issue I had with my default Photos app on Windows 11 not loading full screen (by reverting to the Windows 10 Photo Legacy app). That worked like a charm, and I'm able to open everything properly now. But there is one small annoyance I'd to check on.

I know you can hide the filmstrip at the bottom by pressing L (or disabling it in the right-click menu in that instance). But it's not a permanent change. It keeps coming back. I've Googled this, and it seems to be an inherent quirk in the Legacy app that others also face.

Was wondering if a fix/workaround was ever found for this for among Windows 10 users, or perhaps some kind of registry tweak I could do?

Have you posted in the Win10 forum? Link at the bottom of this page.

Berton said:

Have you posted in the Win10 forum? Link at the bottom of this page.

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OK, will try that. Thanks!

Photos Legacy app is the same for both Windows. I checked the current version, and Film Strip is no longer referenced in settings.dat (App registry).

I suppose someone could write an AutoHotKey for the automatic key press to dismiss it. But Photos is an UWP app, so it's not a trivial project.

Update:

So I've researched this, and it looks like with MS removing the toggle from the settings, and not being able to registry edit a WUP, the filmstrip is going to be here to stay in the Legacy app.

Which honestly...I'm kinda fine with now. For those who don't like it, it DOES have a nifty feature where you can select multiple images and do side by side comparisons (which is handy at times). So hell...now I kinda dig it! Thanks all!