'Is Start-Process -Passthru unable to grab the process ID?

I have a PowerShell script able to open and close .txt and .exe via a returned PID from Start-process $type -Passthru. However, if I try to do this same thing with .pngs I get this error:

Start-Process : This command cannot be run completely because the system cannot find all the information required.

I am trying to get a returned PID so I can close the default photo editor without having to explicitly call it by name. Code sample:

$object = Get-ChildItem | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays(-730)} | Select-Object -Property Name  
[System.Collections.ArrayList] $filearray = $object 
$removed = $filearray[-1].Name
$open_photo = Start-Process -FilePath $removed -passthru 
$open_photo.Id
powershellprocesspidstart-processpowershell-5.1


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