Fix File System Error 2147219196 on Windows 11/10

The Photos App is the modern replacement of the Windows Photo Viewer. It is a UWP app that is tightly bound to your other devices as well. Emerging as a new all in one solution, it works in many different ways. It can be used as a tool to crop, resize, and more to your images. But still, you can add a number of filters to your images as well. Talking about the video aspect of this application, you can add up 3D Effects on to your videos and make them immerse into the storyline of that video. This gives it an edge over other applications of the same category.

No software is perfect. There always are some bugs and flaws which get fixed with new updates. And Microsoft Photos is no exception. When opening a photo with this app I received – File system error 2147219196. 

File System Error 2147219196

This File System Error is caused while opening a .JPG .PNG or any other image format. Windows 11/10 users are experiencing this error. So, let us just check out every possible solution for this.

1] Uninstall and Reinstall Photos App

First of all, start by opening a Windows PowerShell Window with Administrator level privileges. To do that, Press WINKEY + X button combo or right-click on the Start button and click on Windows PowerShell (Admin). Click on Yes for the UAC or User Account Control prompt that you get.

Now, type in the following command and hit Enter.

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Photos | Remove-AppxPackage

Then, download PsExec from the official Microsoft Docs website here. Extract the downloaded ZIP to this location: D:/tools

Now, launch a Command Prompt window with Administrator privileges by searching for CMD in Cortana Search Box. Then right clicking on the appropriate entry and clicking on Run as Administrator.

Then type in,

d:\tools\PsExec.exe -sid c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

then hit Enter.

Now, a new Command Prompt window will open up. In that new window, type in,

rd /s "C:\Program 
Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18051.17710.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

You will now get a confirmation prompt.

Type Y and hit Enter.

This will now delete all the contents of your Microsoft Photos app folder named as – Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18051.17710.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.

The version number might vary for your device. You can verify it from C:\Program Files\WindowsApps location.

Now, just open Microsoft Store and Search for Microsoft Photos to install it on your computer.

2] Using sfc /scannow

You can also perform a System File Checker Scan on to your computer.

3] Reinstall all the UWP or Universal Platform Apps

If the above two methods above do not fix the error, you can just try to reinstall all the UWP apps on your computer with one command using PowerShell.

For that, start by opening a Windows PowerShell Window with Administrator level privileges. To do that, Press WINKEY+X button combo or right-click on the Start button and click on Windows PowerShell (Admin). Click on Yes for the UAC or User Account Control prompt that you get.

Now, type in the following command and hit Enter.

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

This process will take a bit time to complete removing and installing all the applications to your computer.

As it finishes, just reboot your computer and then check if your issue is fixed or not.

This post will show you how to fix File System errors 2018375670, 1073741819, 2147219200, 2147219196, 2147219194, 805305975.

TIP: You can also use our freeware 10AppsManager to uninstall, reinstall Windows preinstalled Store apps with a click!

Hope this helps!