If you miss the photo viewer from Windows 7/8, find out how to set Windows Photo Viewer as the default in Windows 10.
The current photo viewer in Windows 10 is anything but convenient, If you are like me and prefer the older photo viewer app, you can use this guide to make the previous application your default handler for all image types.
If you are not satisfied with the way the Photo app handles your media, the Windows Photo Viewer is only a registry tweak away from your access.
As always, a premade registry file is at the end of the guide ready to download and run.
Note: This guide involves making registry files. If you are new to making registry files, go through one of our earlier guides on a different registry-file-based tweak to learn how to make registry files (with step-by-step screenshots!) in our post on how to reduce title bar size in Windows 10.
Once you have familiarised yourself with the creation of registry files, proceed with the following guide to carrying out this tweak. I’m sure you’ll also like checking out other registry-based tweaks like forcing apps to use dark mode, and adding snipping tool to right click menu, among many others.
Start by Right-clicking on the desktop, New and click on Text Document. In the body of the text, enter the following lines:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows Photo ViewerCapabilitiesFileAssociations]
“.tif”=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
“.tiff”=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
“.png”=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
“.bmp”=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
“.jpeg”=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
“.jpg”=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
“.ico”=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
Once you have done so, navigate to File on the top left of the toolbar, and choose Save As. Under file name, save it as anything you wish, but do remember to end the name with .reg. Under File Type, be sure to select “All Files” followed by Save.
Once you have saved the file, navigate to where you saved the file and execute it by double clicking and confirming all the proceeding dialog boxes that come up.
Once you have done the above tweak, any images you open will prompt you with a dialog box and ask you which program to open the images with, simply select “Windows Photo Viewer” and bam. You’re done.
And as you can see, Windows Photo Viewer is back in all its glory! I for one am glad to be rid of the Photos app.
If you are adamant of trying the tweak for yourself, here is a ready made registry file for you to download and run.
If you wish to undo this, don’t worry. The solution is easier than the tweak, simply right click on the photo and choose the “choose another app” under “Open with” and choose
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