There are a lot of people complaining that the Windows photos won't open they don’t know how to troubleshoot. Error Message: Windows Photo Viewer Can't Open This Picture Windows 10 the latest current operating system in the application, which includes, called Photos, to see all types of photos and images in the operating system. This is compatible with most formats, such as those most commonly used by users: JPEG, JPG, PNG and GIF, among others. Despite this, there are some formats that this application does not contain or does not allow us to visualize, so we are looking for a solution. As a result, WPV users cannot open their images using software. WPV sometimes returns this error message to some users: "Windows Photo Viewer cannot open this image because the Photo Viewer does not support this file or you do not have the latest updates.
Windows 10 users can still use image opening software, but this is not the default photo viewer on the platform. Windows Photo Viewer (WPV) is the default photo viewer in Windows 8.1, 8 and 7.