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How to Restore Windows Photo Viewer Windows 10

by · September 7, 2015

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The process or restoring the Windows photo viewer is different if you Upgraded to Windows 10 or did clean install. This tutorial will show you how to restore Windows Photo Viewer whether you upgraded or clean installed Windows 10.

Option 1 – Restore Windows Photo Viewer from an upgrade

1. Click on start button then type “Default Programs” and select it form the results.

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2. Then click on Set your default programs.

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3. On the left pane under programs scroll down to select  Windows photo viewer, then click on Set this program as default.

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Option 2 – Restore Windows Photo Viewer from a clean Install

1. Download and extract the Restore Windows Photo Viewer.reg zip file.

2. Double click on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

3. If prompted, click on Run, Yes to the (UAC), Yes, and OK to any warmnings to approve the merge.

4. Delete the downloaded .reg file from the extracted location.

5. If you restored Windows Photo Viewer, you can now set this program as default.

Video Tutorial:

Miguel

I started this tech blog back in 2011 as a place to write down processes I took to fix my client systems and network. Now I write some tips and tricks to help others with the tech issues that one might encounter.

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31 Responses

  1. him says:
    August 8, 2016 at 2:29 pm

    it really works!! thx a lot!

  2. Aman says:
    May 21, 2017 at 6:03 am

    thanks its working fine

  3. Chelle says:
    June 12, 2017 at 9:48 am

    Fabulous! Thank you so much, it worked perfectly! 🙂

  4. Cristian Chile says:
    June 22, 2017 at 3:33 am

    Funciona Excelente !
    Gracias

  5. Adewumi Adewale says:
    July 10, 2017 at 5:29 am

    Thank you so much!

  6. Paul Novelty says:
    July 31, 2017 at 6:29 am

    Thanksssssss

  7. Anna says:
    August 6, 2017 at 10:46 am

    Thank you so much 🙂 I am so happy to have my Windows Photo Viewer back ! You are the best !:)

  8. Don Wornock says:
    August 24, 2017 at 5:16 pm

    Thank you very much for giving me Windows Photo Viewer. Your download made it easy. Without your download, I couldn’t have done it.

  9. waleed says:
    October 16, 2017 at 8:31 pm

    thanks alot

  10. cesar says:
    November 20, 2017 at 2:18 pm

    muchas gracias me sirvió de mucho tu ayuda

  11. Jamekia says:
    November 22, 2017 at 11:49 pm

    I would like to thank you so much!!!!!! This has been a great help!! 🙂

  12. Frolando Mercei says:
    December 5, 2017 at 11:10 am

    really works! Thanks!! I thought this was a fake super great help

  13. ROB says:
    January 2, 2018 at 7:34 am

    LEGEND, THANKS

  14. Narjung Gurung says:
    March 10, 2018 at 12:12 pm

    Thanks a lot

  15. gravity says:
    June 8, 2018 at 9:46 pm

    hombre hace dias que no se puede descargar el archivo .REG porfavor arregla el link

  16. Melania says:
    August 20, 2018 at 2:06 pm

    Thank youuuuuuuu, you saved me from growing white hair :)))

  17. Timmi says:
    September 22, 2018 at 8:20 am

    Saludo desde la República Dominicana , me salvo

  18. Jose Espinoza says:
    September 27, 2018 at 8:44 am

    Thanks a lot!. Fast, easy and simple. Great!.

  19. Gordon says:
    April 3, 2019 at 9:30 am

    Thank you so much. I have been trying to do this with getting ZERO results from other sites, until I came to your site. The very first time I tried it from your site directions….100% success. I now have Windows Photo Viewer on my NEW installation of WIN 10. Now I have Windows Photo Viewer installed and set as my default viewer. It works.

  20. Apolonio Zuleta Navarro says:
    August 3, 2019 at 2:57 pm

    Gracias muy excelente la ayuda para instalar el visualizador clásico de imágenes en windows 10.

  21. Daclas says:
    October 5, 2019 at 4:23 pm

    Thanks. The Photo Viewer of Windows Ten sux. Windows 10 does great things, but its viewer is a pain. Windows 7 viewer is soooo much better.

  22. Tracy E Candish says:
    October 13, 2019 at 6:37 pm

    I cannot thank you enough for such a concise step by step solution. You saved a photo job for me!!

  23. Ahmed Galal says:
    December 19, 2019 at 11:19 am

    thanks a lot for your efforts

  24. Taposh Kumar Mondol says:
    April 10, 2020 at 11:39 pm

    really works! Thank You

  25. Abel Montano says:
    June 13, 2020 at 4:39 pm

    Funciono sorprendente-mente Muuuuchas Gracias 🙂

  26. Juan Maria says:
    June 22, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    Works fine, thank you very much.

  27. cody says:
    October 20, 2020 at 4:33 pm

    thank you!

  28. Anders Wanner says:
    June 4, 2021 at 11:17 am

    Fantastic, simple an d straight forward!
    You saved my day since the Windows 10 Apps has collapsed 2 times in as many days now.