How to enable windows 7 photo viewer in windows 10
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How to enable windows 7 photo viewer in windows 10 |
If you use Microsoft Windows 10, you may have noticed that the Windows Photo Viewer inbuilt app from previous versions of the OS (Windows 7) has vanished. Because this was a very simple and easy-to-use viewer, many users were disappointed to discover that it no longer activated automatically.
How to get Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10
Here we’ll show you how to install Windows 7 photo viewer (old) in Windows 10 as default viewer.
- Click on the Start (Window icon) and go to the Settings menu (gear icon) and then click on Apps, then choose the Default Apps option from the left side pane.
- Then, look for “Photo Viewer” – you’ll see whatever program is currently set for looking at photos. It’s most likely to be the Photos app that comes as the default with Windows 10.
- Click on the “Photo Viewer” text and you will see various options for programs you can use to view photos. One of them should be the Windows Photo Viewer.
- Choose that and then go out of the Apps section. That’s all you need, as you’ve now got your old windows 7’s photo viewer back!
Follow the following steps if you have clean install Windows 10 (NO upgrade) (NO upgrade).
Download the default registry file (Windows Photo Viewer) to bring it back on Windows 10. Click here to download the “.reg” file windowsphotoviewer reg
- Merge the “.reg” file into the Registry by double-clicking on the file. You will have to go through a few checks to say you’re sure you really want to do this.
wait: Might be you have to reboot the computer once to get the changes.
- Windows Photo Viewer will now be available. Go to Control Panel’s Default Programs section and choose Set Default Programs.
- When you find the right program in the list for the type of file you want to open with Windows Photo Viewer, select it and pick set this program by default. This will make
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