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lawsdt71
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Q: Photo Stream checkbox greyed out on PC

I downloaded and installed iCloud on my windows 7 PC so I could share my photo stream with this computer.  But photo stream is greyed out on the iCloud control panel.  Any idea how to turn it back on?

Windows 7

Posted on Mar 8, 2014 10:38 AM

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Q: Photo Stream checkbox greyed out on PC

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  • by PC2NR,

    PC2NR PC2NR Sep 16, 2014 4:14 PM in response to lawsdt71
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    Sep 16, 2014 4:14 PM in response to lawsdt71

    I've had this problem quite a while now, and have scoured the internet for a solution to no avail until today! Go to
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Internet Services" (win 7 x64) and right click on iCloud.exe, click properties, click the compatibility tab, near the bottom of that window, check the box under Privilege Level to "Run this program as an administrator". Now you can either reboot, or find and end all tasks related to iCloud in task manager, then right click iCloud.exe and left click Run as administrator. Once I did that, the control panel opened up, and I could select the Photos option!

  • by Mikes1917,

    Mikes1917 Mikes1917 Oct 7, 2015 6:20 PM in response to PC2NR
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    Oct 7, 2015 6:20 PM in response to PC2NR

    I had to re-install Windows 7 and ever since have had this problem of my photo access being greyed out in iCloud.

    The above tip worked first time - Thanks PC2NR!