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ENABLE/RESTORE WINDOWS PHOTO VIEWER IN WINDOWS 10/11
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Enable/Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10/11

Also you can watch the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8BsNz0715U

STEP 1

  • Go to desktop and create a new Text Document here then open it.

STEP 2

  • Paste the code below there.

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Capabilities\FileAssociations]
    ".tif"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
    ".tiff"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
    ".png"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
    ".bmp"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
    ".jpeg"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
    ".jpg"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"
    ".ico"="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"

STEP 3

  • Click File->Save as the text document then type file name as viewer.reg and choose save as type as All files. Finally, click save.

STEP 4

  • Open the text document.

You're all set.
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