How to install Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11

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I upgraded to Windows 11 from Windows 10 with much regret because to my dismay it doesn’t have Windows photo viewer; when I open a picture folder and use the slideshow, it doesn't go through all the pics in the folder; , it will show maybe 20 or 30 pics in a loop and that's it; it will not show all the rest of the pictures. This is very annoying. Is there a way to set it to show all the pictures in a loop? I’ve tried adding Windows Photo Viewer to the list of (Open With) by searching tutorials but I haven’t been successful.

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Hi All,

I am an IT engineer, and I use to help others to do thing better and simple.

Well, in fact, Windows Photo Viewer is available on all Windows 10 including 21H2 and on Windows 11, too. The main problem, that it is hidden, and cannot be chosen from Open With context menu.

To achieve this I would recommend to read the following article. It is really nice and a good way to get the WPV back on your Windows whichever version you had.

After you do as per instruction below, click on the photo. You will see a pop-up window to choose what app to open the photo with. And voila, you will see WPV among others apps.

I hope this will help to save pretty much time while looking through your photos.

https://www.kapilarya.com/restore-windows-photo-viewer-in-windows-11

Good luck!

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Addendum: If you want to add Windows Photo Viewer to Default Apps (as well as "Open With.." dialog/menu), this registry edit will do that automatically.

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Anonymous

2022-12-13T13:27:22+00:00

yeah, i find it works better than most apps and it simple to use. I also lost Windows Photo Viewer for awhile but i used this app, https://files1.majorgeeks.com/10afebdbffcd4742c81a3cb0f6ce4092156b4375/allinone/Dism++10.1.1002.1.zip

you'll eventually find it, just click and wala.....
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Anonymous

2022-12-13T08:31:28+00:00

Besides watching photos with random colors, some people want also to watch photos with properly managed color profiles, apps that are aware of both the display and the photo profiles. Windows 11 keeps messing with colour profiles, it is unbelievable.

It seems that only the old Windows 7 Photo Viewer bothers to read color profiles. All these other applications either don't bother or don't declare they do.
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2022-11-29T06:40:26+00:00

Believe it or not, Windows Photo Viewer is already installed, however it is disabled by default. Open notepad and paste in the below bold text, then save the file as photos.reg (you can call it anything, but it must have the .reg extension). Next, navigate to the file you just made and double click it. Choose yes and so on, and it will add the data to your registry. Now the classic Windows Photo Viewer should appear in available apps when you choose "Open with > Choose another app" for you image files. Note that you may need to reboot, and you may need to click More apps etc., but it will be there.

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]

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\DropTarget]

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print]

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\DropTarget]

"Clsid"="{60fd46de-f830-4894-a628-6fa81bc0190d}"
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