I was in the same position. I found this tutorial, and the necessary commands are in the comments sections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmE9fUq0Fao
It is very simple and takes File explorer back to the Windows 10 version.
Slide Show in Windows 11
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Is there a way to get the windows slides show back in W11? I used it all the time and its gone. I don't mean the lock screen one, that's no good. I have left it too late to revert to W10 regretfully
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Anonymous
2022-12-29T15:12:31+00:00 The commands in that youtube video description used to work, however, Windows 11 did some upgrade and the commands no longer work to enable the SlideShow within FileExplorer.
It looks like the "Photos Legacy" app has this capability, but I still prefer the old "SlideShow" option within FileExplorer. Now I have to jump to a separate app when I want to do a "SlideShow", before it was built into FileExplorer so it was very convenient to invoke.
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Anonymous
2022-12-29T07:37:10+00:00 Where is the "description down below" which the video says I will find the command needed to take my W11 File Explorer back to the W10 version?
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2022-12-28T13:22:17+00:00 Think you may have to look at 3rd party apps, sorry Len
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2022-12-28T12:25:45+00:00 It doesn't work for me - I have a new computer that has never had older versions on it. Any slideshow option I have found so far only allows for a slideshow within a folder - not for me to choose whichever photos I want to show - for instance showing a relative specific family photos ... or comparing edits on photos on which I am working. I do not want to create a new folder every time I wish to compare photos and copy them into this. I want the flexibility to choose a few or more photos, look at them in slideshow mode then discard some if I wish or choose new. This used to be an easy, fast facility - now to reproduce that requires unwelcome and unnecessary effort.