Dec 20, 2018. May 28, 2014. Restore Windows Photo Viewer to Windows 10 - 100% Freeware! Download Now (1.26 MB) - Version 1.22. 100% Freeware. Free download, free for use. The classic Windows Photo Viewer although has not been dropped from Windows 10, it doesn't appear in Default Programs or Default apps in Settings when you perform a clean install of Windows 10, or after upgrading from a previous version of Windows.
There are many things that people hate on Windows 10, the default photo opening app Photos is one of them. When Microsoft replaced Windows Photo Viewer with Photos app to makes Photos app more popular just because it fits with the design culture of Windows 10, I was disappointed. But after a span of time and for day to day use of Photos app to open any photos or image file I have realized that I need that Windows Photo Viewer App on My Windows 10. So I have come across how to install Windows Photo Viewer App on Windows 10 or how to get back Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 10.
If you open an image file on Windows 10 by default it will open by Photos app. If you are irritated with Photos app and click on Choose another app to seek the classic Windows Photo Viewer then you will miss it as Microsoft has removed Windows Photo Viewer from Windows 10.
Photos app on Windows 10 has better UI design and Microsoft wants all of its apps to fit under this design culture of Windows 10. But Photos app is not that much convenient to open an image file. Sometimes Photos app takes too much time to open an image, sometimes it hangs. The scroll zoom is missing in the Photos app. In one word in terms of performance Windows Photos Viewer is better than Photos app.
So its high time to install Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10 or restore it. Here I am going to share you how to install Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10 or how to get back Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 10.
How to Install Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 10- Download this Zip file windows10-windows-photo-viewer.zip (560 B)
- Unzip the file and you will get a reg file name photo.reg
- Just right-click on it and choose merge
- You will get warning pop up like this, just click on Yes
- It will show that the registry file has been successfully added
- Restart your PC
- Now right click on any image file and choose Open with>>Choose another app>>More apps>> Windows Photos Viewer
- You can make it your default photo opening app also just by ticking on the checkbox 'Always use this app to open…'
So if you are missing Windows Photo Viewer app on Windows 10 then you can install or restore it using this method. Actually, Microsoft has hidden the Windows Photo Viewer app in Windows 10 and this registry file is the key to restore or bring it back Windows Photo Viewer app in Windows 10.
In Windows 10 numbers of changes are made the same with photo viewer. Microsoft has changed the old photo viewer with a new application called 'Microsoft Photos'. However, many users are facing some serious issues with Microsoft Photos like slow picture analyzing, opening one picture at a time or the applications crashes often. Such kind of problems can give users poor experience that most of the users don't want.
Like these many other reasons are there to change the old Windows Photo Viewer. And we are providing the application. Download the file given to use Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer for any Windows.
Remember that there is no specific setup for Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer, so you can't download the file from any site and if anyone is offering you the setup then remember, that file is a virus and that for sure.
On the other hand you don't even need to download the setup as it is already present in your current Windows. The only thing you need to do is to activate the Windows Photo Viewer. Follow the instruction given below to activate Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer on any Windows.
Windows Photo viewer vs Microsoft Photo
Before you activating Windows Photo Viewer, we want to again make it clear about what application you are going to use. So, that there won't be any kind of confusion for you.
Link given below will provide you the exact same Windows Photo Viewer which was present in your Windows 7.
Overview of Windows Photo Viewer
Windows Photo Viewer which was also known as Windows Picture or Fax Viewer is an image viewer used in the Windows operating systems.
It is an amazing application used to display individual or all the pictures in a folder. Options to use the slide show feature, print those images as well a share them through e-mail to friends are available.
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The application was available in many Windows NT family. The first version of the application was preinstalled on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
The application was temporarily removed in Windows Vista and was replaced with Windows Photo Gallery. However, in Windows 7 the job was again reassigned to Windows Photo Viewer. But in Windows 10 it was again removed and the Universal Windows Platform app called Photos is brought back.
It supports different image formats like BMP, JPEG, JPEG XP (formerly HD Photo), PNG, ICO, GIF and TIFFF format.
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You will need to download the file given below to use the application. So, in simple words, the link below will provide you Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer application for your Windows.
How to use the application?
As you have downloaded the zip file now. Open the zip file and you will find two files there. There is activate-windows-photo-viewer-on-windows-10 or deactivate-windows-photo-viewer-on-windows-10.
The first one will allow you to get access to the Windows Photo viewer and allow you to use the application. While the second file will deactivate the application for you.
My final words
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Basically, we didn't provide you the ISO file of Windows Photo Viewer as mentioned (we are sorry for that). It is more like a guide to activate Windows Photo Viewer instead to download link for the setup. Using Windows Photo Viewer can give you better user experience as compared to Microsoft Photo. This was the reason why we thought, you might be in need of the application.
