When removing Microsoft Photos, the User has by default no other choice than to use Paint to open Images.Ĭopy the below Registry Export, save it as ‘WindowsPhotoViewerAppAssocations.reg’ and run it on the Reference Machine. Without those Associations, you are unable to select the Windows Photo Viewer in the Settings App, as seen below.

Composing the Packageįirst, you need a Windows 10 Reference Machine to generate some Data for the Package.įor this to work, we first need to create the Associations in the Windows Registry. This may be necessary if you’re thinking about removing the Microsoft Photos App in your Windows 10 Image. In this blog post, we will set Windows Photo Viewer as Default Viewer for all common Image file types. I recently discovered that the traditional ‘Windows Photo Viewer’ is still present in Windows 10 and in fact, is still the Default Viewer for. Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft included an App called ‘Microsoft Photos’, which is the Default Viewer for the most common Image file types (jpg, png, bmp, etc.). Windows photo viewer is replaced by Photos App in windows 10.Photo viewer exists but opens only TIFF files.

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