How to Make Windows Photo Viewer Your Default Image Viewer on Windows 10
2 min readJul 10, 2022
How to enable windows 7 photo viewer in windows 10
How to enable windows 7 photo viewer in windows 10
If you use Microsoft Windows 10, you may have noticed that the Windows Photo Viewer inbuilt app from previous versions of the OS (Windows 7) has vanished. Because this was a very simple and easy-to-use viewer, many users were disappointed to discover that it no longer activated automatically.
Fortunately, you can easily reinstall Windows Photo Viewer so that you can use it in your new operating system. To enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10, simply follow a few simple steps. Once that is completed, the program will be activated and ready for use. Here’s what you should do.
How to get Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10
Here we’ll show you how to install Windows 7 photo viewer (old) in Windows 10 as default viewer.
- Click on the Start (Window icon) and go to the Settings menu (gear icon) and then click on Apps, then choose the Default Apps option from the left side pane.
- Then, look for “Photo Viewer” — you’ll see whatever program is currently set for looking at photos. It’s most likely to be the Photos app that comes as the default with Windows 10.
- Click on the “Photo Viewer” text and you will see various options for programs you can use to view photos. One of them should be the Windows Photo Viewer.
- Choose that and then go out of the Apps section. That’s all you need, as you’ve now got your old windows 7’s photo viewer back!
