Opening Photo Gallery, error 0x800070057

[peggy]

I have a Toshiba laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit - no internal DVD drive, so I have an Amazon basics drive with a USB attachment. I inserted a DVD of photographs from a friend, opened them in Windows Live Photo Gallery. I saved a few photos and disconnected the DVD drive. I have been unable to open Windows Live Photo Gallery since then (two days ago). I get an error message about error 0x80070057. I googled possible solutions, downloaded a new version of Windows Photo Gallery (no longer Live apparently), purchased a Drive Update and Cleaner program, and still get the same message. If I reconnect the DVD player and insert the disc of photos I can open Photo Gallery. What can I do to solve this issue? Thank you.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
Have you tried Clean boot ?
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/179159-troubleshoot-application-conflicts-performing-clean-startup.html

Also run this,
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

See if this Mr. Fixit for me does anything positive,
Fix problems with Windows Live Photo Gallery that is not working