How To Stop Windows Photo Viewer From Opening
Every time plug in my Win phone to download pictures, Windows Photos open as default, it has hijacked my image viewer, and any other I want to use, please tell me I can stop it!!!!! How to stop Win 10 Photo app?
More Windows 10 tips.It's easy to get the trusty old Windows Photo Viewer back - simply open up Settings and go to System Default apps. Under 'Photo viewer,' you should see your current default photo viewer (probably the new Photos app). Click this to see a list of options for a new default photo viewer. Assuming you upgraded to Windows 10 from a previous version of Windows, you should see Windows Photo Viewer as an option.Choose Windows Photo Viewer and exit the Settings menu, and you're done - photos will now open up in Windows Photo Viewer.
- How can I remove Windows Photo Viewer, a useless nuisance? I sometimes use task manager to find the.exe first by opening the program.
- Windows 7: Can't prevent photos from opening in Photo Viewer. Click the OK button on the Open With window. Windows 7 will refresh the list of file associations to show the new default program to open this type of file. Click the Close button at the bottom of the Set Associations window.
Restore Windows Photo Viewer
If you installed Windows 10 from scratchThis is trickier, because while Windows Photo Viewer is still technically available, it's not easy to find. IT does involve editing the Windows Registry, which you should not attempt unless you know what you're doing - editing the Registry can be dangerous if you make a mistake.Here's how to do it:Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET1. Copy the code from into Notepad and save it as a REG file (call it whatever you like, maybe photoviewer.reg).Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET2. Double-click on your new REG file to merge it with your Windows Registry.
How To Stop Windows Photo Viewer From Opening
You will need to click through the User Account Control and a few other windows to allow the file to make changes to the Registry.Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET3. You should now be able to see the Windows Photo Viewer and set it as the default program for various image files. To do this, open the Control Panel and go to Default Programs Set Default Programs. Find Windows Photo Viewer in the list of programs, click it, and choose Set this program as default.
This will set the Windows Photo Viewer as the default program for all file types it can open by default.