These files have unreadable attributes fixed

Multiple Windows users have reported issues with the free native Video Editor, a video editing app on Windows 11. According to these users, while importing a bunch of images or videos, the video editor spits out this annoying error message "Select some other files. These files have unreadable properties, so we can't add them : ". The video file is corrupted or there is a problem with the Photos app. So, if you face this issue, just try these solutions to resolve the issue manually.

Solution——

1. The video editor does not support some file types. Format such as HEIF and HEVC cannot be read by Video Editor. Therefore, you may see error messages if you try to import these files.

Fix 1 – Repair/Reset Photos App

You can repair/reset the Video Editor app.

[If you encounter this issue in Photos app, you must fix/reset it. ]

1. If you click the Windows key X key at the same time, the right-click context menu will appear.

2. Then, click "Apps and Features" to open it.

3. Once the Apps & Features page opens, scroll down and look for the " Microsoft Photos " application.

4. Then, click the three-dot menu and click "Advanced Options".

5. Now, go to the next page and click on "Repair" to repair the application.

Windows will repair the application within a few minutes. Once fixed, you can minimize the Settings page and try importing the files again.

Check if this works.

6. If you still cannot import these items, return to the Settings page.

7. Then, click on the "Reset" option to reset the application.

8. You must confirm this. Click "Reset" to reset it.

After resetting the application, you can import these files again.

Fix 2 – Manually add source folders

You can manually add source folders to the application.

1. Start the Video Editor application.

2. After the application opens, click the three-dot menu, and then click "Settings".

3. In the Source section, click Add Folder.

4. Now, select the folder that contains all these images and videos.

5. Then, click "

Add this folder to ".

Photos will now be imported into all these files within the folder.

This should do the trick.

Fix 3 – Check the file

The file you are trying to import may be corrupted. You should also check the file integrity of the imported files.

There is an online website called

Fix.video where you can directly upload video files and check if they are damaged.

1. Open the Fix.video website.

2. After opening the website, click the " " sign to select a video from your computer.

#3. Now, just navigate to the location of the video files and select the video file you want to check. [Only one file can be checked and repaired at a time. ]

4. Then, click "

Open" to upload the file.

Wait until the file is completely uploaded. This depends on network bandwidth and file size.

5. After the file is uploaded, the video will be automatically scanned and repaired.

6. After the video is fixed, click "

Download Full Video" to download the fixed video.

#After downloading the video file, you can directly import this video into your project in the video editor.

Fix 4 – Remove Corrupted Project

If you are working on an old project, there is a chance that the entire project is corrupted.

Notice--

Deleting a corrupted project means you will lose access to the project. It will be deleted and you cannot recover it.

1. Open the Video Editor application.

2. After opening the application, view the current project you are working on in "My Video Projects".

3. Now, just select the current project and click on the bin icon to delete it.

4. Next, click "Remove" to completely delete the item.

In this way, you can delete the video project from your computer. However, to complete the removal process, please close Video Editor and restart your computer.

In this way, the cache will be deleted.

You can start over and create a new project.

Fix 5 – Re-register the app

Try re-registering the Photos app.

1. You must use a PowerShell terminal with administrative privileges.

2. So, press the Win key on your keyboard and type "powershell".

3. Then, right-click " Windows PowerShell l" and click "Run as administrator".

4. When Windows PowerShell opens, copy and paste this code and press Enter key.

Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.Windows.Photos | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

This way, the Photos app will be re-registered on your system. After that, close the PowerShell terminal. Then restart the computer. When you get back to your computer, launch the video editor application and try importing those photos and videos again.

This time, you won't see the "These files have unreadable properties" error message.

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