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The article explains how to Enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11. The Windows 11 Photos app is pretty good. The Photos app is no longer just an image viewer, but there are no major issues either. It has features for image enhancement that most users never use. Follow the steps below.
If you don’t like the Photos program which has been the default since Windows 10, you can enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11. Microsoft’s default image viewer is the Photos app. Fortunately, the original Windows Photo Viewer is still accessible. To make it work, all you need to do is activate it. The only problem here is that Microsoft has removed the default file associations from the Windows Photo Viewer application. You can’t just choose the app as your default image handler as a result of this change. Here is the article to activate the classic Windows Photo Viewer app in Windows 11.
Steps to Enable Classic Windows Photo Viewer App on Windows 11
Step 1: Download the ready-made log files.
Step 2: Extract your content using any archiving tool.
Step 3: Now double click on the Enable Classic Photo Viewer.reg File. click on the Yea button when solicited.
After completing the above steps, the file association part is complete. You can now open .bmp, .dib, .jpg, .jpe, .jpeg, .jxr, .jfif, .wdp, .png, .gif, .tiff and .tif files with Windows Photo Viewer application on your Windows computer 11 . But, you need to select Windows Photo Viewer every time you open the image file. So to just open the image with a double click, you need to make this app the default image app.
How to make Windows Photo Viewer the default image app in Windows 11
To make Windows Photo Viewer default image app in Windows 11 do the following:-
Step 1: Locate an image file (eg .png) and double-click it to open it.
Step 2: Now, you will see the following dialog:-
Step 3: click on the Windows Photo Viewer in the list of available apps and select the checkbox Always use this app to open .png files. Finally, click on the button OK button.
That’s it! When you double-click a .png file, it will open with the Windows Photo Viewer application. You need to repeat the steps to .bmp, .dib, .jpg, .jpe, .jpeg, .jxr, .jfif, .wdp, .gif, .tiff and .tif image files
How to Disable Classic Windows Photo Viewer App in Windows 11
In the downloaded file above, double-click Disable Classic Photo Viewer.reg File. click on the Yea button when you are asked. The Windows Photo Viewer application is now disassociated and is no longer the default image viewer.
Step 1: Now, right-click on the image file (for example .png) and select Open with and then Choose another app option.
Step 2: Select the Photos app, select the Always use this app to open .png files checkbox, and click the OK button.
Conclusion
Here they are final from our article how to install Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 11. Although Photos is a feature rich and comprehensive program, Photo Viewer is a small utility that allows you to view images. You will have to choose between performance and features if you switch from the Photos app to the old Photo Viewer. The article is now finished and you know how to Enable/Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11/10.