Removing WindowsMaps causes updated Photos app to crash

[ParaDoX94]

I wondered why the Photos app started crashing out of sudden after installation. First I thought that it was the latest cumulative update I included but then I took a look at the Event Viewer and saw this (sorry they're in Finnish):

Viallisen sovelluksen nimi: Microsoft.Photos.exe, versio: 2018.18011.13110.0, aikaleima: 0x5a74f4ed
Viallisen moduulin nimi: Windows.UI.Xaml.Maps.dll, versio: 10.0.16299.15, aikaleima: 0xeabe8338
Poikkeuskoodi: 0xc000027b
Virhepoikkeama: 0x0000000000019544
Viallisen prosessin tunnus: 0xb64
Viallisen sovelluksen käynnistysaika: 0x01d3ab3826cf59f3
Viallisen sovelluksen polku: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18011.13110.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Photos.exe
Viallisen moduulin polku: C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.Maps.dll
Raportin tunnus: 45d30e6e-6497-457e-ab34-bad9d1842852
Viallisen paketin koko nimi: Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18011.13110.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Viallisen paketin suhteellinen sovellustunnus: App

So basically the Photos app tries to access a module called Windows.UI.Xaml.Maps.dll, which I assume gets removed if you uncheck the WindowsMaps app because it was nowhere to be found. Then I made a new ISO with Maps included and the dll file is there, Photos app doesn't crash anymore.

Removing the Maps app with Get-AppxPackage doesn't cause this.

I removed the earlier presets because I started having too many, so this preset doesn't include the removal of Maps app. All other settings were exactly the same.

 

[nuhi]

@ParaDoX94, thanks for the info, protecting that file with Photos in the next version. Out on Monday.

 

[Windows 10 User]

What do you mean with crashed? My Photos app automatically closed after opening a picture and I thought it was caused by removing the Sticky Notes app with an older version of NTLite but after all I have this problem again (only noticed it now) after removing the mentioned app with the latest NTLite version when I didn't have it the first time. Is it caused by removing the Maps app?

EDIT: It looks like it was caused by removing the Maps app. I removed it with MSMG ToolKit and I didn't have this problem.

EDIT 2: I still have this issue after using the latest NTLite version after removing the Maps app.

 

[nuhi]

I still have this issue after using the latest NTLite version after removing the Maps app.

Please attach the preset demonstrating the issue on build 6080, thanks.

 

[Windows 10 User]

Please attach the preset demonstrating the issue on build 6080, thanks.

Here it is.

 

[nuhi]

Hi,
Photos should be stable now in 6105, let me know how it goes, thanks.

 

[Windows 10 User]

Hi,
Photos should be stable now in 6105, let me know how it goes, thanks.

The problem was finally solved, thanks!