How to backup and restore Photos app settings in Windows 10

If you want back up and restore Photos app settings in Windows 10, you can follow this tutorial. Photos is an app preinstalled in Windows 10 that allows users to open and edit images in just a few moments. If the Photos app is not working, you might want to uninstall / reinstall the app. Before doing this, you might want to back up your settings first.

How to backup and restore Photos app settings

To back up and restore Photos app settings in Windows 10, follow these steps:

1. Open File Explorer on your computer.
2. Move towards Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe folder.
3. Double click on the settings.
4. Copy roaming.lock and settings.dat files.
5. Paste it somewhere to move it.
6. Open Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe folder on the destination computer.
7. Dough roaming.lock and settings.dat files.

First, you need to copy some files so that you can move them to your current PC to another computer. Because Photos is a preinstalled app and comes from the Microsoft Store, you may not be able to find any entries in the Registry Editor.

To back up the settings, you just need to back up some files from a specific location.

To get started, open File Explorer and navigate to the following path:

C:Usersyour-usernameAppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe

You can also press Win + R to open the Run prompt, type the following path and press the button Enter button-

%LocalAppData%PackagesMicrosoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe

In the Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe folder, you will find a subfolder called Settings. After opening the Settings folder, you will find two files named roaming.lock and settings.dat. You need to copy these files and paste them somewhere.

For your information, you can also move them from one computer to another.

After that, open the same Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe folder on the destination computer.

Now you need to paste these files into Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe folder.

You may face a warning when overwriting existing files. You must click on the Replace files in destination option.

That’s all!