How to Restore Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 10? How to Enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10? Active Windows Photo Viewer via Regedit
How to Restore Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 10?
With the introduction of Windows 10 into our lives, it comes out of our lives in many old applications. One of them is Windows 10 Photo Viewer. Microsoft has introduced a more modern Photo Viewer instead, however, this new app is very cumbersome compared to the past. So users are looking for the old one. However, Microsoft did not completely remove the Old Photo Viewer in Windows 10, it just turned it off. There is a simple way to Enable Windows 10 Photo Viewer.
Active Windows Photo Viewer via Regedit
- Copy the code below and paste it into a Notepad.12345678910Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Capabilities\FileAssociations]".jpg"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"".jpeg"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"".png"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"".bmp"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"".ico"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"".tif"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"".tiff"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
- Save it under the name “Photo Viewer.reg”. Make sure the ending is .reg
- Open this file you created last by double-clicking it. Say “Yes” and “OK” to the warnings that appear.
- You can now view your photos with Windows Photo Viewer by Right-clicking > Open With.
Make Windows Photo Viewer as Default
- Go to Start > Settings > Applications > Default apps.
- Here you can select the desired application in the photo viewer section.
- Thus, when you double click on your photos, it will open with the application you want.
