Windows Photo Gallery issue

I'm running Vista 64 (SP2) and am having an issue with "Previewing" or opening graphic images in "Windows Photo Gallery". When Windows Explorer rests on a graphics image, the bottom pane of Explorer shows a thumbnail of the image along with some of the image's properties. This part still works but nothing much happens when I either click the image to open it or right-click it and select "Preview". Actually, something flashes briefly on the taskbar (file name and photo gallery icon) but not long enough to make out what it's saying.

I can change the "Opens with" to "Microsoft Office Picture Manager" and everything works ok but what is going on with "Windows Photo Gallery"? I've installed the Windows Live version of Windows Photo Gallery but that didn't change anything so I uninstalled it.

Windows Photo Gallery does start and run from the Start Menu but not from Windows Explorer (It looks like it wants to start but then immediately shuts down)

Maybe there's some way to uninstall and then reinstall Windows Photo Gallery?

Any ideas?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion Media Center TV m7790y CTO Desktop PC
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus P5BW-LA (Basswood2)
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce GTX 460 v2
    Sound Card
    Integrated Realtek ALC885 Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VX2460H (1) / Samsung S24B300EL (2)
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 (both monitors)
    Hard Drives
    C: 465GB, F: 232GB, J: 2TB, K: 2TB

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
I've run sfc and it said everything was fine. It appears Windows Photo Gallery does try to start but then decides to abort. Is there a log file somewhere that might track abend issues?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion Media Center TV m7790y CTO Desktop PC
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus P5BW-LA (Basswood2)
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce GTX 460 v2
    Sound Card
    Integrated Realtek ALC885 Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VX2460H (1) / Samsung S24B300EL (2)
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 (both monitors)
    Hard Drives
    C: 465GB, F: 232GB, J: 2TB, K: 2TB

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
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