From the icloud control panel I am unable to check the box for photos, any idea why i cant?

Can anyone help, please.  I never had this problem before but now I can not check the photos box on the icloud control box...its the faded gray area and I can't select that option.

What worked for me and others was to uninstall icloud, restart pc and reinstall icloud.

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