How to get back the built-in photo viewer in win 10
method/step
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First, we open a notepad, you can click win+r to open the run box, and then enter notepad in the run box. Or right-click on the desktop to create a new one, and then find the text document in the new one, as shown in the following figure:
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Then we typed the following code verbatim in the opened Notepad:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Change Extension's File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.jpg]
@="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
; Change Extension's File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.jpeg]
@="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
; Change Extension's File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.gif]
@="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
; Change Extension's File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.png]
@="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
; Change Extension's File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.bmp]
@="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
; Change Extension's File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.tiff]
@="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
; Change Extension's File Type
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.ico]
@="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
(Thanks to the code provided by the network god, this code is mainly for importing the registry)
As shown below:
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Then we save it as the desktop. The idea is to save it in .reg format instead of other formats, and a special icon will appear on the desktop, as shown below:
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We double-click to run this program, it will remind us whether to add it to the registry, we click OK, and then it will remind you that it has been successfully added to the registry, as shown below:
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Next, we take a picture, open it, right-click on the picture, the selected opening method is win photo viewer, and at the bottom select Always open pictures in this way, check the tick, as shown in the following figure Show:
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