Windows 10: Disable Photos app from opening DNG files -

Hi, Is there any way you can set up Photos app not to open DNG files when viewing images? With my camera I shoot in RAW and then copy the RAW images to a Folder on my Windows 11 PC I then import these into Photoshop Elements, I then process the images and produce JPGS which I save with the same "IMGP prefix + description to" the same folder where the RAW files exist, so for each RAW file there is a corresponding JPEG file next to it. Now when I open explorer and click on image to view it with Photos app, when I click "Next" arrow, it opens the DNG file I do not want Photos app to open

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DNG Files in Windows Photo Viewer


How can I get DNG files to open with Windows Photo Viewer?

 

.DNG files in Windows 10 (2018 update)

So, I'm having problems opening .DNG files from my Leica on my windows surface pro 3 running windows 10 1803. Double clicking on the file opens the Windows Photo app, and you see a brief flash of the "full size" photo then it ends up with what looks like
a low resolution thumbnail. Zooming on the final opened picture ends up with a very blurry photo.

Resetting the app (settings->apps->apps and features->advanced->reset) shows the blurry photo fit to the window (instead of a tiny thumbnail) but then when you close or double click on a .DNG again, it goes back to the previous issue, which means you see
a flash of the photo fitted to the app window, then it scales down to a thumbnail. At no point do you ever see a high resolution photo.

Opening the file (35MB) in Adobe Photoshop express or Lightroom gives you the high resolution photo.

Clearly, there's an issue with handling the .DNG file from the camera with the photo app. The only current solution is to download Adobe's DNG Converter 10.3 (available here: https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/detail.jsp?ftpID=6321) then "convert" the DNGs
to a DNG with a JPG preview, but this removes the ability to preview the photo in file explorer with the "large icons" setting. You see a regular photo file extension style icon, but if you double click, the file will come up in windows photo with a high
resolution photo.

Bottom line, how can I get *both* features? I'd like to get the preview of the photo in file explorer *and* high resolution photo in Microsoft photo. Or, should we just abandon the Microsoft photo app? Any suggestions?

 

DNG Files in Windows Photo Viewer


This worked for me:





Just in case you haven't restored Windows Photo Viewer yet:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/14312-windows-photo-viewer-restore-windows-10-a.html