Thread: Metro Apps are competing with Desktop Apps

Turn off your metro app by right clicking it and set it to turn off. Then if you don't want a particular app as the default to open such things, set your default programs to open specific things...eg photos, set photo viewer as default and the metro app wont open pictures. In my case I have Essentials 2012 photo viewer set as my default to open all pictures.

With a particular metro app open you can open the charms window by clicking the windows key + C and then click settings you can set the parameters/permissions of the metro app.

Originally Posted by bassfisher6522

Turn off your metro app by right clicking it and set it to turn off. Then if you don't want a particular app as the default to open such things, set your default programs to open specific things...eg photos, set photo viewer as default and the metro app wont open pictures. In my case I have Essentials 2012 photo viewer set as my default to open all pictures.

With a particular metro app open you can open the charms window by clicking the windows key + C and then click settings you can set the parameters/permissions of the metro app.

Yes, I did turn off Metro Photo App, plus "unpinned from Start", plus "Turned the live tiles off".
I did set my default photo program to MS Office 2010.

I've just connected my digital camera to the computer and, again, METRO PHOTO APP is there.
See attached.

I opened Task Manager and right-clicked on Photos - Go to details.
It's WWAHost.exe file.
I googled it.

What is WWAHost.exe and Why is it Running?
What is WWAHost.exe and Why is it Running?

"Windows 8 uses Javascript to execute some Metro apps, and WWAHost is the process that hosts this. Because any Metro apps are written in the same fashion as webapps, several of them need to run interchangeably within Internet Explorer. With that said, Microsoft explains WWAHost as “an Internet Explorer-based rendering platform.”"

Wow...nice research.

I don't know what's happening with your system as I can hook up any camera or any other external device and photo viewer opens all mine....

Hold on I think I've got it....check your default programs...control panel, programs, default programs, set your default programs... then select your default program you want to open pictures and make sure it has all it default settings set.

Originally Posted by bassfisher6522

Wow...nice research.

I don't know what's happening with your system as I can hook up any camera or any other external device and photo viewer opens all mine....

Hold on I think I've got it....check your default programs...control panel, programs, default programs, set your default programs... then select your default program you want to open pictures and make sure it has all it default settings set.

1. My Desktop default program for any pictures is MS Office 2010.


But METRO Photo, in addition, always opens the pictures as BMP files without my say.
I want that competition stopped.

2. In the Default Program Window, it says that METRO Photo has 51 out of 74 defaults.
I've just want that "pesky" Metro Photo App stopped.

As you can see in mine I have 21 of 74 defaults set. Open up the "choose defaults for this program" and uncheck all the extensions you see associated with the Photo's app. Just look for the icon and untick the box.

Originally Posted by bassfisher6522

As you can see in mine I have 21 of 74 defaults set. Open up the "choose defaults for this program" and uncheck all the extensions you see associated with the Photo's app. Just look for the icon and untick the box.

It took me a long time to uncheck/change the defaults for all those Photo files.
I hope my problem is gone.
Why do I, as a user, need to spend my time changing those defaults?
Are there any more exe files from both - Metro and Desktop - Windows 8 OS working against each other?

In that same thread, you'll probably want to change your default video and music file associations from xbox to windows media player. That was one of the first things I did. xbox might work as a service but I just like plain old windows media player to play MY files.