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
    2023-11-20T18:30:48+00:00

    I right clicked on a TIF image, selected OPEN WITH, then selected CHOOSE ANOTHER APP, then WINDOWS PHOTO VIEWER. clicking on it opened WPV. No downloads or registry hacks needed.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-28T21:02:38+00:00

    Jpeg is pretty much supported on any platform. So that would be a pro for jpeg.

    However, we live in 2023 now. Tiff is also broadly supported nowadays.

    If it's for a webpage, jpeg is fine. If you're thinking about printing the photos anytime in the future, go for tiff. It takes more space on your hard drive, but the quality is much more detailed.

    If you use the PhotoViewer guide on itexperience, make sure you set it as the default for jpg, jpeg, tif and tiff. Image files sometime come with a variety of extensions for the same file type

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-28T18:01:29+00:00

    Thank you. I mentioned in my original comment that, on my Win 11 PC, some files opened with WPV and some with the Win 11 Photo Viewer. I've since discovered that the files that open with WPV are TIF files. When I go to Settings/Apps/Default apps/Photos/Photos TIF Files (and TIFF Files) have Windows Photo Viewer as the default. All other photo file types have the Win 11 photo app as the default, and when I click on them they do not offer WPV as an option. I don't know if this is normal, or Dell has made a tweak to Win 11 before shipping my PC.

    Thanks.

    So the problem for myself does not change since I only use Jpeg.

    I have steered away from tiff for no real reason other than I have felt that jpeg is so easy to use.

    My understanding is that Tiff maintains quality when making muliple changes which is not the case with Jpeg. Otherwise there is little difference.

    What say you?

    Reg

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