Solved Photos app file location


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I was looking for the location of the photos app but i cant find it anywhere! Pls help.

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Polygoners1 said:
I was looking for the location of the photos app but i cant find it anywhere!
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C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsApps
(It's a hidden folder and needs full Permissions to enter it.)

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If you're thinking of removing or modifying files in the WindowsApps folder, it's the wrong way of making changes.

Code: 
C:\>powershell "Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Photos -AllUsers | select InstallLocation"

InstallLocation
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C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2025.11080.28001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
 

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garlin said:
If you're thinking of removing or modifying files in the WindowsApps folder, it's the wrong way of making changes.

Code: 
C:\>powershell "Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Photos -AllUsers | select InstallLocation"

InstallLocation
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C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2025.11080.28001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
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I wasn't looking to edit. I was just trying to open a .dds file with the app.
 

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Photos App doesn't load DDS files, since that's a specialized texture file format. But there are a number of 3rd-party viewers for it.
 

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Edwin said:
One of 6 - 8 folders called Microsoft.Windows.Photos_.........

It won't support dds files.
Try XnView.
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