If you were a fan of the default photo viewer in Windows 7 called Windows Photo Viewer, it is fairly easy to get it back in Windows 11 with a simple registry hack. By default, Windows 11 will use the Photos app to open jpeg, tiff, png, etc. images. All you have to do is use the text below in the registry file, reboot and you will have Windows Photo Viewer in the open menu. Also in the Default apps section of Windows Settings. Here is the text you want to copy. Do not copy the dotted lines. ————————————————– ————————————————– ——
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTApplicationsphotoviewer.dll]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTApplicationsphotoviewer.dllshell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTApplicationsphotoviewer.dllshellopen]
“MuiVerb” = “@photoviewer.dll, -3043”
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTApplicationsphotoviewer.dllshellopencommand]
@=Hex(2): 25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d, 00,52,00,6f, 00,6f, 00,74,00 , 25, 00,5 c, 00,53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6d, 00, 33, 00, 32, 00, 5c, 00, 72,00 , 75.00,6e, 00,64,00,6c, 00,6c, 00,33,00,32,00,2e, 00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00, 22, 00,25, 00,50, 00, 72, 00, 6f, 00, 67, 00, 72, 00, 61, 00, 6d, 00, 46, 00, 69, 00, 6c, 00,65 , 00,73,00, 25,00,5c, 00,57,00,69,00,6e, 00,64,00,6f, 00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50 ,00, 68,00,6f, 00,74,00,6f, 00,20, 00, 56, 00, 69, 00, 65, 00, 77, 00, 65, 00, 72, 00, 5c, 00,50,00,68,00,6f, 00,74,00,6f, 00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e, 00 , 64, 00,6 c, 00,6 c, 00, 22, 00, 2 c, 00, 20, 00, 49, 00, 6 d, 00, 61, 00, 67, 00, 65.00, 56,00,69, 00,65,00,77,00, 5f, 00,46,00,75,00,6c, 00,6c, 00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65 , 00, 65, 00, 6 e, 00, 20, 00, 25, 00, 31, 00, 00, 00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTApplicationsphotoviewer.dllshellopenDropTarget]
“Clsid” = “{FFE2A43C-56B9-4bf5-9A79-CC6D4285608A}”
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTApplicationsphotoviewer.dllshellprint]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTApplicationsphotoviewer.dllshellprintcommand]
@=Hex(2): 25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d, 00,52,00,6f, 00,6f, 00,74,00 , 25, 00,5 c, 00,53, 00, 79, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 6d, 00, 33, 00, 32, 00, 5c, 00, 72,00 , 75.00,6e, 00,64,00,6c, 00,6c, 00,33,00,32,00,2e, 00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00, 22, 00,25, 00,50, 00, 72, 00, 6f, 00, 67, 00, 72, 00, 61, 00, 6d, 00, 46, 00, 69, 00, 6c, 00,65 , 00,73,00, 25,00,5c, 00,57,00,69,00,6e, 00,64,00,6f, 00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50 ,00, 68,00,6f, 00,74,00,6f, 00,20, 00, 56, 00, 69, 00, 65, 00, 77, 00, 65, 00, 72, 00, 5c, 00,50,00,68,00,6f, 00,74,00,6f, 00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e, 00 , 64, 00,6 c, 00,6 c, 00, 22, 00, 2 c, 00, 20, 00, 49, 00, 6 d, 00, 61, 00, 67, 00, 65.00, 56,00,69, 00,65,00,77,00, 5f, 00,46,00,75,00,6c, 00,6c, 00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65 , 00, 65, 00, 6 e, 00, 20, 00, 25, 00, 31, 00, 00, 00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTApplicationsphotoviewer.dllshellprintDropTarget]
“Clsid” = “{60fd46de-f830-4894-a628-6fa81bc0190d}” ——————————— ————————————————– ———————- Check out our book Windows 11 Made Easy to take your Windows skills to the next level! # windows11
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