Windows 10: Windows Photo Editor: What happened to the old features?

Back in the old photo editor for Microsoft Photos, there were two sliders for light and color and the clarity slider to enhance the photo easy, and it was pretty much done it for me quick. I was wondering how to enhance the photo now because all I see are a bunch of sliders now. I mainly used the clarity and color slider tool in the old editor because the photos can look more noticeable when seen as a thumbnail type of way. What I mean is I can't bring out the clarity of a photo anymore in a thumbnail environment, and it seems very tedious to manage multiple sliders to find out which works bes

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Issues with Microsoft photo editor

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. Since when are you facing this issue?
   
2. Are you aware of any changes made on your computer recently?
   
3. What exactly happen when you try to use the Photo editor?
   
4. Which version of Windows are you currently using?
   

I understand you are facing issues with Photo editor application, if you are using the Photo editor app which is downloaded from Microsoft Store, I suggest you to refer the following article and try few troubleshooting
steps to fix issues with Photo editor
and check if that helps.

Microsoft has replaced Photo Editor with Microsoft Office Picture Manager, a new photo editing and cataloging program in Office 2010, in Office 2007, and in Office 2003.

If the application has been removed from your PC, when you install Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2007, or Microsoft Office 2003, I suggest you to refer the following article to reinstall

Photo Editor and check if that helps.

Reply back with the information, to help you further.

Hope it helps.

Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

photo editor

What happened to photo editor? A few days ago it had great features and yesterday it turned into something far less functional. Help!! How do I get the old one back??

 

How to get the old version of MS photo editor back?

Hi,

To answer your query, Did you download the photo editor from the Windows Store? What functions and features do you
want to have for the photo editor? Upon checking our resources here at our end, we won't be able to revert back to the old version of the Microsoft Photo Editor if
it was already update. We recommend that you submit a feedback regarding on our
Feedback Hub
to aware our engineers and developers
regarding this matter.

In order to submit a new feedback, kindly follow these steps:

• 
  On a Windows 10 device, search for "Feedback Hub" in
  Cortana search, and then launch the app.
  
• 
  Navigate to
  Feedback
  in the left menu, and then press
  + Add new feedback.
  
• 
  Select the
  Problem, and share any details you think are relevant, and then choose
  an appropriate category and subcategory.
  
• 
  Important: If possible, reproduce the problem(s) after clicking
  Begin monitoring(or
  Start capture) near the end of the form;
  Stop monitoring
  when you're done.
  
• 
  Once you've completed the form and monitoring, click
  Submit.
  
• 
  Click
  Continue using Feedback Hub.
  
• 
  Click
  My Feedback
  at the top, and then find the item you submitted (it may take a while to appear).
  
• 
  Open the item you submitted, and then click
  Share.
  
• 
  Click Copy link, and then paste the link in your response (it will look like
  Redirection Tools<unique link>).
  

Update us on how it goes.

Regards.