Windows Photo Viewer can't display this picture

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Sometimes when yous open an image or a picture in Windows Photo Viewer, it displays nothing. Instead, you volition see an error bulletin "Windows Photo Viewer can't display this picture considering at that place might not exist enough memory bachelor on your calculator".

While this may look similar a clear-cutting issue of low RAM or less storage space in the calculator, but that's always non the case. We have noticed this issue even when we had enough resources too equally deejay infinite. So you are in a similar situation, y'all need to check on Color Profile of the screen as well.

Another important matter to note is that If the image size is very large, the Windows Photograph Viewer may non be able to open the high-resolution prototype. Past default, Windows Photo Viewer will not open an prototype file that is larger than – I think the value is – 100 megapixels. You lot will so have to use some other image viewer app – similar say, GIMP.

Windows Photograph Viewer can't brandish this picture

Earlier you begin, close some processes via the Chore Director, run Disk Cleanup Tool or restart your computer and see if that helps. If non, so follow the steps below, and check if this resolves your issue.

Type colour management in the search box and then choose "Alter avant-garde colour direction settings for brandish". Alternatively, go to Settings > Organisation > Display > Advanced display settings. Select the brandish, and click on Display adapter properties of Brandish. Then, switch to Color Management tab, and click on Color Direction push button.

In the next window, select the monitoron which you receive this error.

In case you have two displays, brand sure to select the main brandish. You take an pick to identify the monitor besides.

Once confirmed, select the checkbox which says "Use my settings for this device".

Next, select the Contour listed under "Profiles associated with this device". Click on Remove. If you do not see any profile here, then there is null to do for at present.

Next click on the Profiles button.

Choose Reset my settings to the system defaults.

At present, switch to Advanced tab, and make sure all the settings are set to System default which includes a device contour, rendering intent, perceptual images, Relative Colorimetric and so on.

After this, y'all should restart the computer in one case, and then endeavor opening an image with Photo Viewer.

If using the System default profile does not help, select Agfa:Swop Standard as the default profile and run across if that helps.

This has been known to help some.

Alternatively, you may remove all metadata using ExifCleaner or EXIF Purge. They are pocket-sized free portable tools that remove EXIF metadata from multiple images at in one case. With the click of a push, you can remove the camera, location, and other technical information from a batch of photos that are embedded past the photographic camera or the photo editing software.

Let us know if any of these suggestions helped yous to fix this trouble – or if you have whatsoever other ideas to propose.

Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a 10-yr Microsoft MVP (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP. Please read the entire mail service & the comments first, create a System Restore Point before making any changes to your system & be careful most whatsoever 3rd-party offers while installing freeware.