Right-click the desktop and select New, select Shortcut to open the window shown directly below.Add a Windows Photo Viewer Shortcut to the Desktop Thus, all you really need to do to open pictures with Windows Photo Viewer is to configure the default app settings so that it’s the default image viewer software by following the steps above.ģ. The Photo Viewer registry keys are still in place on PCs that originally came with earlier Windows platforms. If you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 on a desktop or laptop that originally came with Win 8.1 or 7, you’ll find that the Windows Photo Viewer is still there. The Photo Viewer will now open whenever you click an image.Select Windows Photo Viewer listed on the app list to choose it as the default image viewer.Click on Photos under Photo Viewer to open the app list directly below.Select Default apps to open the window shown directly below.Click on the Windows search bar on the taskbar and type default apps.Select Windows Photo Viewer as your default image viewer Add a Windows Photo Viewer Shortcut to the Desktopġ.
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