Really trying to avoid reinstalling Windows here, I just spent hours setting  a customer up with lots of data migration and at the end of all that, we can't use Photo Gallery at all.

I do have a Process Monitor trace if that will help anyone...

• Brand New PC, Windows 8.1 fully updated

• Windows Live Photo Gallery 2012

• OneDrive Photo folder is included as a folder in Photo Gallery.

• Already ran REPAIR from control panel on Windows Live Essentials

• Removed Live Essentials 2012 using revo uninstaller, rebooted and reinstalled, no help.

• Already ran SFC /scannow

• These same photos open up fine on another computer in Photo Gallery 2012

• Have created a second User Screen called TEST same thing happens l

  Every time Photo Gallery is launched, we get an error:

  “Windows Photo Gallery has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.”

  The original error referred to a codec issue, but have not seen that same error since. Photos are taken with a variety of camera's, error comes up on different sources of cameras. IPhone, canon, etc.

  Event Viewer gives following details:

  Faulting application name: WLXPhotoGallery.exe, version: 16.4.3528.331, time stamp: 0x533a3fea

  Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.3.9600.17415, time stamp: 0x54504b0d

  Exception code: 0xc0000374

  Fault offset: 0x000e5be4

  Faulting process id: 0x14a4

  Faulting application start time: 0x01d0123142fd313e

  Faulting application path: C:Program Files (x86)Windows LivePhoto GalleryWLXPhotoGallery.exe

  Faulting module path: C:WindowsSYSTEM32ntdll.dll

  Report Id: 83a6b57c-7e24-11e4-826c-3010b389cbd3

  Faulting package full name:

  Faulting package-relative application ID: