Those of you who have upgraded from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 probably have the Windows Photo Viewer program in Windows 10. But some users are reporting that Windows Photo Viewer has gone missing after clean installing or reinstalling Windows 10.
As you likely know, in Windows 10, Microsoft has set metro, modern, or universal apps as default for most file types from music to pictures. The classic Windows Photo Viewer, although it has not been dropped from Windows 10, it doesn’t appear in Default Programs or Default apps page of the Settings app when you perform a clean install of Windows 10 from ISO, after upgrading from a previous version of Windows.
The new Photos app in Windows 10 is better than the classic Windows Photo Viewer when it comes to the features department. The Photos app not only allows you to crop, rotate, enhance, and remove red-eye from your pictures but also offers many filters and effects to enhance your photographs.
The only problem with the Photos app is it’s a bit slower when compared to the classic Windows Photo Viewer. The other problem is that it’s not a desktop application, meaning long-time Windows users who prefer using a desktop app might not like it.
As said before, after performing a clean install of Windows 10, the classic Windows Photo Viewer might not be available in the Default Programs or Default Apps section.
If you want to make Windows Photo Viewer default in Windows 10 but can’t find it, here is how to enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10 and then make it default.
Tip: If you are on Windows 11, please refer to our how to enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11 guide.
Bring back the classic Windows Photo Viewer to Windows 10
Step 1: Please create a manual restore point by following the instructions in our how to create a restore point in Windows 10 guide as we are going to edit the registry.
Step 2: Click here to download the PhotoViewer.zip file on to your Windows 10 PC.
Step 3: Extract the ZIP file, double-click on the PhotoViewer.reg file, and then click the Yes button when you see the following confirmation dialog to merge it. Alternatively, you can right-click on it and then click the Merge option.
Step 4: Finally, click the OK button again when you get the following dialog box. That’s it! You have just enabled the classic Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10.
To check if Windows Photo Viewer is enabled and to open a picture with Windows Photo Viewer, right-click on a picture file, click Open with, click Choose another app (if Photo Viewer is not showing here), click More apps (only if you cannot see the Photo Viewer in the list), and then click Windows Photo Viewer to open the selected picture file with Windows Photo Viewer.
To make it default for images, you need to follow the directions given below.
Make Photo Viewer default in Windows 10
Setting the Windows Photo Viewer as the default program for pictures is not as easy as it was a few years ago. Now that the classic Default Programs redirects you to the Settings app and the Settings app doesn’t let you set the Windows Photo Viewer (Windows Photo Viewer doesn’t show up in the list), setting the Windows Photo Viewer as the default picture viewer is a bit tedious. Anyways, here is how to do that.
Step 1: Right-click on a JPEG, BMP, or PNG picture file, click Open with, click Choose another app, click More apps if you cannot see the Photo Viewer in the list, select Windows Photo Viewer, select Always use this app to open this type of files option and then click the OK button to set Windows Photo Viewer as the default for the selected picture file type.
You need to repeat the above steps for all common picture file types such as JPEG, BMP, and PNG if you want to make Windows Photo Viewer default for these file types. To view the file extensions in the File Explorer, navigate to the View menu (in the File Explorer) and then click the File name extensions checkbox.
Have you set Windows Photo Viewer as default in Windows 10 or using the native Photos app?
Johnny "O" says
Thank you ever so much! You are a super hero! The new Photos app stinks. A snail moves faster than that app. A real life saver. Thank you again.
rakesh says
thank you. followed it and got my classic photo viewer app which i use to use from 2009 . thank you
Amy says
Thank you very much for Windows Photo Viewer. omg, for 2 weeks I was searching to find the right answer!!!!!!!
You are the BEST.
Aakash says
Thank You Thank You Thank You so much
Rob says
It is so irritating having to do this every time there is a significant upgrade to Windows, or when getting a new computer. Thanks a million for making this so easy!
john a says
worked a treat and easy to follow thanks for your advice and keep up the good work
Shoc says
Thank you
Dan says
Did a Win 10 reinstall to find that photo viewer was gone. I’ve spent the last 6 months trying to get it back. Thank goodness I stumbled on your site. It worked great. Windows Viewer is just what I need to just view photos and scan through them. Much better and easier than Photos. If I need to do any editing, Photos is always there, but it’s frustrating to use it just to look at pics. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
mommakingphotoalbum says
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Karin Smith says
Thanks a million, you’re a star!!
Peter says
My new laptop came with OEM Windows installed. The kindergarten-app PHOTOS displays a FILE SYSTEM ERROR (-nnnnn…) for any picture format ! Your instructions are a god-sent. Thanks a lot !!
MoJo says
Ok me too thank you thanks, thank you and thank you again and again, But can somebody address the issue of printing within the photo viewer? I guess not so be happy to just get back the old photo viewer with only viewing function. so thank you thank you if you could come up with something that gives full functionality like templates for printing multi pictures on one page like the old windows 7 photo viewer? if you find a solution to that I give a penny for your thoughts.
Qwert says
Thank you very much for this! Even though you would expect everything in windows 10 to be an upgrade, it is not the case. In fact the windows 10 photos app is very blurry compared to windows photo viewer.
Mojo says
yes it worked as far as viewing only but how do I print either single or multiple photos from there? when pressing print it should comes up with various template just like windows 7 right? wrong. because you will get an internal error occurred message and you wont get the windows 7 like dialogue to give you templates options how many pictures you want to print or even to print a single sheet is not possible. so really not that useful unless someone could come up with a method to fully functionalise the photo viewer in windows 10.
Mojo says
printing is not working. either single photo or multiples. get error message, printing caused an internal error etc. any fix please???
Mojo says
All good but it doesnt give you full functionality such as printing like windows 7 machine which even gives templates to print multiple photos on one a4 paper or even a single image print doesnt work. I am looking for a proper solution to regain full functionality of the photo viewer in particular printing. Any ideas please??
Florin says
omg this is so great i hate the photos app
Me says
This really works. I was able to view images within 30 sec.
Thank you
Feku says
The download link is not working however tried saving the “coded” page instead like “A” had instructed & then followed through & it worked. Thank you so much
jon says
Default apps was not where you said it was, but even after finding it, Windows Photo Viewer was not in the app flyout. Only Photo, firefox, paint and paint 3d.
jon says
Didn’t work with Windows 10 fresh install with iso and key.
Sarah says
Oh My goodness this worked EXACTLY like you said it would!
It is rare to find something so clear and concise and that ACTUALLY works as described! Thank you so, so much as I REALLY wanted this back after a system crash and restore. My viewer which I use SEVERAL times daily went missing. On my own I would have messed this up for sure. It’s the little things. I appreciate this!
THANK YOU!
Glenn says
Worked like a charm. Thanks!
Jim Wood says
Had to do what A recommended back on Sept. 15, 2017, but that worked like a charm. Thanks much!
Sindhu Bharathi says
Thank u so much!!! Made my life easier!!!
cyprus says
Thanks. Finally i got back the classic photo viewer
Kat Shank says
I copied the text into notebook and saved it as the file it’s supposed to be, and it went through all the steps you listed, but I still can’t find it either in default apps or when I right click to “Open As”. Help?
TAHMID BARI says
Thank you !
Mark says
Worked like a charm, thank you so much!!!
s says
Grate !!!
Thank you!
Azizul Khan SAjal says
Thanks dear it’s really helpful. thanks again :) :)
ashif ikbal says
thank you very much…
it actually worked…
Don H> says
Can’t get the file to work. After clicking yes in the reg editor window I get “Cannot import Photo Viewer.reg. The specified file is not a registry script. You can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor.”
John Pendleton says
Thank you, A! That worked beautifully! Save Page in Firefox — brilliant!
anass mohammed says
thank you for helping me
Richard J Young says
The link to the to download the PhotoViewer.reg file on to your Windows 10 PC no longer seems to work. It now simply opens another tab with the html “http://windows.intowindows.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/My%20uploaded%20files/PhotoViewer.reg” this page simply has the following text listed.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.jpg]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.jpeg]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.gif]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.png]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.bmp]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.tiff]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.ico]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
Help! I miss the classic Win7 photo gallery!
Md Abul Bashar says
Thanks it’s working for me in Windows 10
Maarten Otten says
Wow it’s worked thanks.
Charles says
Thanks! So far so good. It seems to work.
Zoro says
Yo Thanks mate….works like charm. Thanks again.
Yep says
Awesome dude it’s really working thanks
A says
Worked!! Thank you!!!
I used Mozilla Firefox. Initially, when I click the download link for the reg file, it didn’t work, instead it shows me a page with codes.
So I clicked ‘save page’ option provided by Firefox,
save as type ‘All Files’,
File name: PhotoViewer.reg
Then ‘save’.
Before I run it, I edit the registry file and it showed the same coding I saw on the page Firefox showed me previously. Thus, I continued with the ‘Step 3’ mentioned in this website and done.
Beto ´Sáenz says
Excelent works ok
Telly says
COOL thats work
and the steps is simple :)
Ganesh Shinde says
Very userful and working fine for me.
Thank you
And also share tips and trips for Win 10
Peter Pan says
Work nice, for the newbie to download the file right click and save linked content as.
The section Make enabled Photo Viewer default in Windows 10 need a update you can go to apps without going to system.
Xeliicious says
This worked wonderfully! I too have a fresh build and thus needed a clean Win10 install. I hate using Photos so much – it’s too clunky and slow and, being a digital artist, I simply don’t have the time for that :/
And for anyone confused about saving the .reg file, you open the new tab with the code in it and press CTRL+S and save the .reg file to wherever you need it on your PC.
FuckYOU says
Link for download doesn’t work, pictures associated with the instructions are inaccurate. Either update this or delete it because you’re not helping anybody.
Ladieo says
It’s work! Thank you for the shared!
Bob says
Thank you! I just punked some punk at MS who thinks he knows better – and it feels good to have a familiar and useful app in place of a toy.
Balhara says
Thanks it really save me
Bhawani Shankar says
Thank you very much, I was skeptical but it’s really working.
Jack says
It’s working thanks a lot.
Paulo says
Thank you soooooooo much.
After so many failed trials and after reading so many articles saying that it woud be impossible to use old photo viewer in a new windows 10 clean install….
WOW….
it worked like a charm on my new laptop!!!
Just a click on the PhotoViewer.reg and just another click on a picture to tell windows to use Photo Viewer as default!
Couldn’t be easier.
Thank you soooooooo much.
Jayesh says
Thanks a lot
Martins Shumba says
It worked like a charm. Thank you so much. My photos app was taking 10 seconds to open an image.
j says
I have a scratch built computer with Win10. All my images open with the new app… EXCEPT for .tiff files.
Which opens with … WINDOWS PHOTO VIEWER!!! So it’s here… I just can’t seem to access it any other way.
Choderus says
Thanks!!!
Erika Cagliari says
I hope this will work. I absolutely hate the Win 10 Photo App that comes up as the default. It is slow. It freezes. It is absolute crap. I want my old Windows Photo Viewer back.
Tharian says
Guys it will work
Eric Konga says
Thank you so much!!! It’s the easiest and the fastest method.
togetto says
Thank U!!!!
maureen says
I got as far as ‘Bring back the classic Photo Viewer to Windows 10’, Step 2. All I got was a new tab with the code in it. No file was created. Now what?
Nitin says
1 Billion x 1 Billion Thanx
Manny bakshi says
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :))))))))))))))))
Kun-kun says
I hope there is also regristry to restore photo viewer win 10 without create a manual restore point
Lisa says
Worked like a charm on my brand-new laptop. Thank you SO much!!
sean says
No clue how these are importing for anyone. I get registry errors on import.
Maleesha Kalhara says
Thank you very much….:)
uv says
if this code didn’t work, try this one:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open]
“MuiVerb”=”@photoviewer.dll,-3043”
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00,\
6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,\
00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,\
25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f,\
00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,50,00,68,00,\
6f,00,74,00,6f,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,\
5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25,\
00,31,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\DropTarget]
“Clsid”=”{FFE2A43C-56B9-4bf5-9A79-CC6D4285608A}”
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00,\
6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,\
00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,\
25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f,\
00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,50,00,68,00,\
6f,00,74,00,6f,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,\
5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25,\
00,31,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\DropTarget]
“Clsid”=”{60fd46de-f830-4894-a628-6fa81bc0190d}”
kevin says
I was very skeptical at first but i tried it out and it does in fact work
thank you
Prince says
Thank you, it works ;)
Asif Elahi says
Thank you so much! This really helped a lot
ECfromDC says
Mine was actually working fine in Windows 10 but then it disappeared….this tutorial helped me get it back.
Thanks!
paul says
NICE!!!! additional info, it did let me choose the old windows media player as a video player too.
jelabarre59 says
This doesn’t go far enough. I don’t want the OLD MS Photo Viewer either. I want to use IrfanView, which MS has gone out of their way to break in MSWin10. I really don’t give a c**p what MS thinks I should be using; I know what I want to use, and they can darned well obey what I tell them.
CaBu12 says
Life saver right here. Thanks!
Rashid says
I found lot of other pages regarding “how to get older photo viewer” but this is exact tutorial for it…thanks a lot
Nitin Soni says
I have No Words How to Thanks You…..
Best Human…you Are In The World….
Swapnil says
Thanks a lot!!
I have got windows photos viewer that i wanted.
Thanks a lot!!
Fatih says
It works.
Thank you very much.
Eladio Gomes says
Thanks a gigabyte! It worked like a charm!
Bhavy says
Works great!!! easy setup. Thanks a lot :)
Zvonimir says
Thanks a lot, it works!
Bob says
Thank you so much
DG says
JR, thanks for going out of your way to be an ass. That’s always a benefit to society. Just move on and not write anything.
Christine says
When I save the code to notepad and save it as a .reg file, everything looks great. But when i click on the newly created .reg file I get this error message; “Cannot import C:\users\Andy\Photoview code.reg” The specified file is not a registry script/ You can only import binary registry files within the registry editor.” Now what?
emm says
thank you ! now it s working , you should work for Microsoft ! or they must pay you :) !!
JR says
Click here to download… gets the below. I”m always amazed how utterly incompetent or stupid you people are with Windows. Thanks for wasting my time though
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.jpg]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.jpeg]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.gif]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.png]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.bmp]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.tiff]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
; Change Extension’s File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.ico]
@=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff”
pravith says
really helpful…. thank you sir………
WGT52 says
Made the change to the ‘classic’ Windoze Photo viewer, but the win10 machine still doesn’t support ‘RAW’ images. Disappointing….
Triumph says
Microsoft Windows 10 isn’t even any good for me to poop on.
Umer says
Thanks for the tips, its worked out
Chris says
Thanks heaps!!!!
Dennis says
How can you undo this registry?
Henry says
This was a really helpful fix. It worked perfectly. Thanks
tapsy says
Is there a way to reverse these registry changes?
Tsai says
The Viewer is back, Thank you.
Nestor the Wise says
“LAMBDA471 says
December 3, 2015 at 4:30 am
Since all this legacy content will eventually be removed, you might as well get used to the new programs instead. And by the way, why use Windows 10 if you will be clinging back to the old? Stay with Windows 7.”
Except, of course, that if you are having to replace an old computer which is no longer working Windows 7 isn’t a choice as it is no longer installed in new computers.
Remember, new isn’t necessary better and personal tastes differ.
Hen says
Guys, when you click the download link, it gives you a bunch of text. Copy and paste that text into notepad and save it as “[input any name].reg”. From there, you can double-click on your newly made reg file to integrate it into your system.
Teemah says
Thank you so much,,,it works!
sommesh says
THANKS . Works like a charm <3
Anand Sharma says
But There is a problem in that, I am a web designer, when i makes a transparent image and going to save it. And then when i’m going to check that photo, image has no transparent background.
So I’ll suggest default windows 10 image viewer is best.
Raghav Sridhar says
thanx a lot..
worked well
my default windows 10 photo app was not working,
this worked like charm
Rajesh says
Thank you so much. It works well.
CEO of Another Company says
Dear Windows Team,
Are you our of your mind? People love this app and you removed it (or hide it) from windows 10? Public opinion doesn’t matter in your market? I can’t believe this is something any CEO with an IQ of 80 and above would approve.
Regards,
CEO of Another Company
Satyajeet says
Thanks, I am glad it worked.
Renegade says
windows photo viewer can’t open this picture because either photo viewer doesn’t support this file format or you don’t have the latest updates to photo viewer”
I am running Windows 10 and this is the message in some pictures but not all
Mike says
Thank you so much!
Michael says
Upgraded from Windows 8.1, the Windows photo viewer does not work properly as before. In slideshow mode, the photos are enlarged showing only part of it, not fitting the screen. Any idea to fix it. Search but found no solution.
alkasel says
Thank you very much, sir!
SIMON JOSEPH says
10000000000000000000 THANKS
Llew Pugh says
Is there a link to the .reg file pleaseas current link only gives me a text file?
mounika says
Thank you very much, solved the problem. Very neat presentation
Wael Mahmoud says
Thank You , You Help Me To Solve This Prob
Sudarvendan says
Thank you that worked great…….Awesome…..
?????? ???????? ?????? says
Thanks,this works!
Ramy says
worked like charm, thank u very much
Sharon Lee Taylor says
Finding things I want to use again and have to dig for is a pain…but you folks make my life wonderful again! I feel like I can be in control of my computer! Keep up the awesome work. What will everyone do when Windows 10 becomes a pay by the month program like Adobe? Hmmmm. Ain’t progress / greed sweet?
Cs. says
Thank you! Brilliant and easy method.
mike says
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
stefano says
hated them so much for trying to force people to use the slower but (in their twisted minds) cooler app. Strange enough, this seems to happen just on professional edition. Thanks bro.
Robert says
Thanks!!!!!!!!!
sameh says
thanks a lot that works perfectly :)
keyur ghoghari says
thank’s my friend
satya says
thankyou very much this is working. thank you guys
L says
wooohooooooo
coollllllll
thank you so much
Bill says
Sorry, but this doesn’t work for me. I followed all the steps above and still get the message “Windows Photo Viewer can’t open this picture”. Windows 10 is simply overriding my attempts to reinstate Photo Viewer.
LOBO says
Thank you for your guidance…the ‘Oldie’ but ‘Goodie’ Win Photo Viewer is functional again; instructions were easy to understand and follow! :) Thanks!
JACOB C. says
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHHHHHHH!!! <333333333
LAMBDA471 says
Since all this legacy content will eventually be removed, you might as well get used to the new programs instead. And by the way, why use Windows 10 if you will be clinging back to the old? Stay with Windows 7.
John J says
You’re doing the son’t work, lord.
Auldgrumpy says
Brilliant. Worked first time. You should control Microsoft.
Thanks
BillM says
Excellent. Thanks very much. I almost went back tl Windows 7.
MEHRAN says
Thank you so much for this guide
very very nice
muuuuuuch :-)
The Greateful One says
Thank you so much for this guide. It fixed this annoying inconvenience and now it works perfect :)
Tejeswar says
I’ve not got enabled please give the link of windows photo viewer reg.file . the link provided above is taking me to download page for text document
Sudip says
Thank you very much for Windows Photo Viewer.
I searched everywhere for bringing back the basic photo viewer.
but your little registry file finally did it.
Thanks a lot.. :-))
Richard says
many thanks for that, quick and effective. The only question is why did MS lose one of the most useful features of previous versions? Incredible. Judging by the number of people reinstalling this, they might just quietly add it back in at some point to save everyone the trouble and frustration.
Roya says
Thank you so much! This really helped a lot
WeeWilly says
Thanks very much for this fix! Spent quite a bit of time researching this “problem” and your fix was the simplest, clearest and most straight-forward. Worked like a charm!
Stephen Warren says
Weird that we live in a digital age where everyone is using digital photography and the one thing MS seems to keep making worse with every new release is viewing digital pictures full screen. I’ll have to try this fix because “extra large thumbnails” and no editing capability beyond rotating just doesn’t cut it.
jrg says
I have recently configured Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10 after seeing the the Photo Viewer App doesn’t do color management and is required for my photo viewing. Windows Photo Viewer shows color managed images but upon opening full screen will display in the monitor profile. Those of us using wide gamut screens require this functionality. I also like to have my proofing and editing applications as icons or in the start menu. I have not been able to find the application to do so. My hunt continues. I wish MS would understand many of us use the existing tools. If you cheapen them and don’t disclose the change and ramifications it ruins the experience. You know that and we do too. Get with it. And I am 100% Windows, windows phone, etc…
Husni says
Yes, it work. Thanks for your help.
Vladislav Galin says
Thanks a lot, it works!
The native Windows 10 Photo application says “We can’t open this file” if the image is on my ext4 formatted partition (I’m using ext2fsd 0.62 driver). But old Windows Photo Viewer can open the images from ext4, and in Windows 10 as well.
From hfs+ partitions (Paragon driver), both these programs open the images properly.
.