MICROSOFT PHOTO VIEWER NOT WORKING UPGRADE
MICROSOFT PHOTO VIEWER NOT WORKING WINDOWS 10
MICROSOFT PHOTO VIEWER NOT WORKING WINDOWS 8.1

MICROSOFT PHOTO VIEWER NOT WORKING UPGRADE

It happens because the required Registry keys are not removed during upgrade process. If you upgraded from Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10, you might be able to see вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ in вЂњOpen withвЂќ, вЂњDefault AppsвЂќ and вЂњSet Default ProgramsвЂќ screens.

MICROSOFT PHOTO VIEWER NOT WORKING WINDOWS 10

If you are also using Windows 10 and missing вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ program and want to set it as default program to open image files in Windows 10, this tutorial will definitely help you.

MICROSOFT PHOTO VIEWER NOT WORKING WINDOWS 8.1

I opened Windows 8.1 OS in another machine and found the required keys in Registry Editor which were missing in Windows 10 OS and by adding those missing Registry keys to Windows 10, I was able to re-associate вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ program with image files without any problem.

Actually Microsoft has removed many required keys from Registry which were responsible to show вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ in вЂњOpen withвЂќ, вЂњDefault AppsвЂќ and вЂњSet Default ProgramsвЂќ screens. When I looked into my favorite Registry Editor program, I was able to find why вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ program was not listed anywhere in Windows 10. It seems Microsoft has decided to completely ditch the good olвЂ™ вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ program from Windows 10. Again вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ was not present anywhere in the program list. JPG file and selecting вЂњ Open withвЂќ option. Again Microsoft has decided to remove all popular image filetypes from вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ association screen so that no one can re-associate вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ as default program to open those images in Windows 10.ДЄt last I decided to manually change the default program to open images by right-clicking on a. But for my surprise only 2 filetypes were listed to associate with вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ program: TIF and TIFF. Microsoft has decided to not show the good olвЂ™ tool in default app selection list.ДЄfter that I went to the classic вЂњ Set Default ProgramsвЂќ window in Control Panel hoping that I would be able to set вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ as default image viewer from that tool. Only Photos app and Paint program were listed there. When I checked in the new Settings app -> System -> Default Apps section, I couldnвЂ™t find вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ in the list given under вЂњ Photo viewerвЂќ selection. So I decided to set вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ as default image viewer in Windows 10. I never prefer modern or metro apps over traditional Desktop programs. Photos app takes a little bit time in opening images or photo files which becomes quite annoying with time. Instead Windows 10 comes with a new modern (or metro) app called вЂњ PhotosвЂќ (sometimes with Paint 3D) which is now the default image viewer program in Windows 10.ДЄlthough new Photos app is a good looking program and provides good features and user interface but its not as fast as the good olвЂ™ вЂњWindows Photo ViewerвЂќ program was. If you are using Windows 10 operating system in your computer, you might have noticed that it doesnвЂ™t come with вЂњ Windows Photo ViewerвЂќ program as default to open image files.

Microsoft photo viewer not working