How to install Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11

Anonymous
2022-05-06T16:06:34+00:00

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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Anonymous
2022-07-28T13:57:33+00:00

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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Ramesh 181.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2022-07-28T14:26:52+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-06T18:38:52+00:00

    If you have an external drive what do you have showing when you open a picture file? See image below for a way to select All Photos at one time. Click on the three dots and then Select all. Click on, tap, or activate image to enlarge it.

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    If you have an external drive

    What I see when I open the picture file is all the pictures showing in the particular file folder. And; when I click on the three dots the options for slide show in Windows 11 only show about 20-30 pictures and it loop back to the original picture I started with instead of going through all the pictures.

    I tried select all the pictures at one time but the slide show would not work; this is why I dislike Windows 11 while there are some good features to the upgrade the photo slide show function is not one of the good parts. I the developers would have left the Windows Photo Viewer alone.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-30T10:40:38+00:00

    Correction, it does indeed work (with a Reg Edit update), but don't bother...
    Your second link (for One Photo Viewer by  Elliptic Phenomena) is light years ahead of MS Photos and the Classic Photo View. THANK YOU!

    https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9PM6W4F0XW3H

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