Fix invalid value for registry error while viewing JPG / JPEG / PDF: Every time you open a JPG or JPEG image in the photo app you will get an error saying "Invalid value for registry". If you are facing this problem too much then don't worry, we have listed all the possible solutions to fix it. But before that we are going to gather more information about this error.
Most users report that they see this error when they have upgraded their PC from the old version of Windows to a new one. And when they try to view a JPEG image in the photos app, they get an error message saying "Invalid value for registry" instead of the image. Well, this happens because every time you update your PC or update your applications in Windows, the registry entries from the previous version may remain intact (technically they should be removed automatically). These older entries conflict with the system process and therefore you cannot view the photos.
Fix invalid value for registry error while viewing JPG / JPEG / PDF
Note: Before making any changes to your system it is recommended to create a System Restore Point.
Method 1: Restart Photos App Without Touching Registry
1.Press Windows key + I to open Windows settings and then click System.
2.Ahora selecciona «Apps & features» en el panel izquierdo de la ventana.
3.After that, find the "Photo" app from the list and click on it.
4. Then click Advanced Options under Photos.
5.Finally, click the reset button under If this app doesn't work well, please restart it.
6.This would take some time and when finished, restart your PC.
Method 2: Fix the Error Itself in the Registry
1.Press Windows key + R and type "regedit" (without quotes) and then press enter to open Registry Editor.
2.Now navigate to the following location within the Registry Editor:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERN-SoftwareNClasesNLocalSettingsN-Microsoft Software.WindowsN-Current VersionN-Warehouse ModelN-Microsoft Families.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe
3. Next, expand the subkeys Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe where you will find multiple entries for these keys that have a version number for the application in the name like Microsoft.Windows.Photos_17.214.10010.0_ etc.
4.You will now have a 50% of newer keys and a 50% of older keys, which basically means that the 50% is out of date and not erased for some reason. So now you have to delete these keys (the entries with the lower version number) that are causing this problem.
5.Well, you may not be able to delete the old keys because you have to take care of them.
To take ownership of the record go here and navigate to Manually Take Ownership of an Item.
To take ownership of the stale entries, right-click each entry, go to permissions, click advanced, change the system owner to yourself, press ok, and then assign the full rights of the key yourself. Now you should be able to delete it. (Check out this video for a more detailed explanation of how to take ownership of registry keys.)
Method 3: Run the Application Troubleshooter
Puedes ejecutar el solucionador de problemas de la aplicación desde este link y que puede ser capaz de arreglar el valor inválido para el error de registro mientras se ve JPG/JPEG/PDF.
Method 4: Run System File Checker (SFC) and Check Disk (CHKDSK)
1.Press Windows Key + X and then click Command Prompt (Admin).
2.Now type the following in the cmd and hit enter:
Sfc / scannow sfc / scannow / offbootdir = c: / offwindir = c: Nwindows
3.Wait for the above process to finish and once done, restart your PC.
4.Then run CHKDSK from here How to fix file system errors with the Check Disk utility (CHKDSK).
5.Let the above process complete and restart your PC again to save the changes.
Method 5: Uninstall the photos app
1.Press Windows Key + Q, type Powershell and then right click on Powershell and choose Run as administrator.
2.Then in the PowerShell window type the following command to Uninstall the photos app:
Get-AppxPackage * photos * | Remove-AppxPackage
3.Wait for the photos app to uninstall and then type the following in the PowerShell to reinstall:
Get-AppxPackage - AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$ ($_.InstallLocation) AppXManifest.xml"}
4.Once the photo app is reinstalled, restart your PC to save the changes.
Method 6: Clear Windows Store caches
Press Windows key + R and then type "WSReset.exe" (without quotes) and press enter. This process will restart the Windows StoreCaches. Once this process is done, try restarting the Windows Store app and see if the problem persists or not.
That's all you have managed to fix the invalid value for the registry error while viewing the JPG / JPEG / PDF, but if you still have questions about this article, feel free to ask them in the comment section.
