With the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft has entered the application Photos For visualization, editing and share photos. application Windows Photo Viewer it was “hidden” From Windows 10, but fortunately, in this tutorial you will learn how to activate Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11. The old application by which you can quickly open photos in format JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF and TIFF.
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If you are not familiar with this application, find out that Windows Photo Viewer It is an image viewing program included in Windows operating systems, starting with Windows XP and up to Windows 7. The application remained on Windows 10 and Windows 11, but for users to open and edit photos with Windows Photo Viewer, is neboie of a change in Windows registers (Windows Registry).
In the latest versions of Windows, Microsoft started replacing Windows Photo Viewer with the new application called “Photos“. An application that in the opinion of many users is less friendly and consumes more CPU and RAM resources.
What can you do with Windows Photo Viewer?
This program is used to view pictures and photos on your computer. Windows Photo Viewer It offers a range of simple functions, including resizing, rotating and zoom of images. The program can be set as a default image viewing application, which means that when you double -click on an image, it will be automatically opened with Windows Photo ViewerHowever, as I said above, after making a change in Windows 10 or Windows 11 registers.
Cum activezi Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11
To activate this application for viewing and editing photos in Windows 11, all you have to do is to follow the steps from the tutorial below:
1. Download the archive Activate-Windows-Photo-Viewer-on-Windows-10.zip. This archive contains a file .reg whose content is the following:
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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25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f,\
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6f,00,74,00,6f,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,\
5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25,\
00,31,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{FFE2A43C-56B9-4bf5-9A79-CC6D4285608A}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00,\
6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,\
00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,\
25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f,\
00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,50,00,68,00,\
6f,00,74,00,6f,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,\
5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25,\
00,31,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{60fd46de-f830-4894-a628-6fa81bc0190d}"2. Double -click on the file “Activate Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 10.reg” , then click on “Run” In the dialog box that warns you that this file does not have a valid digital signature.
3. Click “Yes” In the dialog box “User Account Control“.
4. Click “Yes“, then click “Ok” In the dialog boxes of Registry Editor.
After this step, you will be able to open photos with Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11.
How to set Windows Photo Viewer Default application for images in Windows 11
Next, if you double -click on an image, it will also open with the application “Photos“. That it is set Windows Photo Viewer As a predetermined application for photos, the steps below follow:
1. right click on a photo, then from the open menu, go to “Open with” > “Choose another app“.
2. From the list that opens, select “Windows Photo Viewer“, then click on the button “Always“.
After this step, when you double -click on a picture, it will automatically open with Windows Photo Viewer.
The Windows Photo Viewer application offers you a series of options that allow you to visualize and manage your computer images and photos.
Opening and visualizing the images – You can open and view individual images and photos in a presentation mode.
Images resize – You can resize the images to the desired size.
Image rotation – You can rotate the images in different directions.
Zoom – You can zoom in the picture to see details better.
Print – You can print pictures from your computer directly from Windows Photo Viewer.
Share – You can share images by e-mail or through social networks.
The above tutorial was tested on the latest version of Windows 11, Windows 11 Insider Preview 25352.1 (zn_release).
