How to Enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11

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This video will guide you on How to Enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11. With the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft has made the Photos app as the default image viewer. On Windows 11, Microsoft is still using the Photos app to open the default image viewer. However, if you are not happy with the default Photos app on Windows 11, you can use the classic Windows Photo Viewer. That means Windows Photo Viewer is still part of Windows 11, and you just need to enable it on your PC. Microsoft has removed the default file association for images from Windows Photo Viewer and associated them with the Photos app. That means, after right-clicking on any image, you will not find the Windows Photo Viewer app to open them. You need to add the relevant entries to the Registry under the FileAssociations key. How to Enable the Classic Windows Photo Viewer app in Windows 11? To turn on the Classic Windows Photo Viewer app in Windows 11, you can download the readymade Registry files (https://gearupwindows.com/how-to-enable-windows-photo-viewer-in-windows-11/). Then, extract its contents using any archiver tool such as WinRAR or WinZip. Now, double-click the Enable Classic Photo Viewer.reg file. Click the Yes button when prompted. Once done, the file association part is completed. Now you can open .bmp, .dib, .jpg, .jpe, .jpeg, .jxr, .jfif, .wdp, .png, .gif, .tiff, and .tif files with the Windows Photo Viewer app on your Windows 11 computer. But, you need to select Windows Photo Viewer every time you open the image file.

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