Your temporary application data (Windows Photo Gallery Index) has became
corrupt. Thats the #1 reason for Windows Photo Gallery crashing a few
seconds after being launched (as the timeout occurs on trying to open
the index).

The resolution is to type into your Start menu's Start Search the
following:

%appdata%

Once your temporary application data folder shows up, select windows
photo gallery and delete it. Or rename if it your worried about losing
information. Restart Windows Photo Gallery and you should be fine.


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WBurchnall