These Files Have Properties That Can’t Be Read [Solution]
14These Files Have Properties That Can’t Be Read [Solution]
The Microsoft Photos app (Photos Legacy in Windows 11) is an image viewer that also incorporates a video editor. That editor usually enables Photos users to set up video projects. However, some users see this error message when they try to add MP4 files in that video editor, “These files have properties that can’t be read.”
Some Windows users are reporting that they always end up seeing the ‘These files have properties that can’t be read’ error when attempting to add an Mp4 video to the built-in video editor. This problem is confirmed to occur on Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Users can’t add and edit their MP4s in the Photos video editor because of that error. Does the same error pop up when you try to add MP4s in Photos? If it does, this is how you can fix the “properties that can’t be read” issue in Windows 10 and 11.
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While opening a media file in the Photos app, if you get These files have properties that can’t be read, so we couldn’t add them error, here is how you can get rid of the issue. It appears when you try to open or import them in the Windows Photos app on Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC.
Multiple Windows users have reported an issue with the free native Video Editor, the video-editing app on Windows 11. According to these users, while importing a bunch of images or videos, Video Editor has spewed up this irritating error message “Choose some other files. These files have properties that can’t be read, so we couldn’t add them:“. Either the video files are corrupted or there is some problem with the Photos app. So, if you are facing this problem, just try these solutions to fix the problem manually.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.
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