You can modify the default app for the pictures. To open pictures with the Windows Photo Viewer you need right click on the picture that you want to open and select the Open With option and choose the Windows Photo Viewer from the app list. But whenever you open any photo the default app is still the Photos app.

Now, you have successfully enabled the old Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11.

Once added, you will see a success message, click OK to close it.

Just click Yes to add Windows Photo Viewer info.

Registry Editor will prompt you to ask if you want to add this information in the Windows Registry file.

Next, if you see the User Account Control message, hit the Yes button to allow it.

You might see a message like this, just click the Run button.

Go to the location where you just saved the file and double-click the file to run it.

Now, you just created a Registry file that will help you to enable the Windows Photo Viewer.

In the Save As window give it a name photoview.reg and choose a location where you want to save it like Desktop and hit the Save button.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 From the Notepad click the File menu and select Save As.

Copy the highlighted code given below and paste it into Notepad.

Open Notepad, press the Windows+R keyboard shortcut and type notepad in the Run window and hit Enter.

So, to make it easy for you, copy the code in a text file and save it as a. But, some users don’t feel comfortable editing the core files of Windows.

To enable Windows Photo Viewer we need to make a few modifications in the registry. Advertisement How to Enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11

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