Windows 10: How to get wndows 10 photo viewer to zoom to 100% actual pixel size

Various discussions on this exist with no answer but are closed!. There are two ways to zoom to 1:1 100%.

1. Ctrl-1 works for me. It toggles between 100% and fit to screen

2. On the right are 3 dots more options/menu an there one choice is Actual Size. The menu is confusing because if you are already at actual size the option changes to Fit to Screen.


Ctrl-1 is the easiest. But I found no way to get that to be the default zoom level.

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Photo/WPV default zoom level


Photo/WPV default zoom level


Hello guys,
I wish I could set the default zoom level of my default photo viewer (I can choose Photo app or Windows Photo Viewer or some third program too).
I want the default program to be able to open/switch within photos at the default photo size (100% zoom of the photo) and not with the default screen size (100% zoom of the screen size).
Any idea how to do that? Maybe some registry key to edit? Any software to suggest?
Thanks for your help, Luca.

 

Photo/WPV default zoom level


Someone else may know of a way to do it with the Photos app or Windows Photo Viewer, but I'm not aware of a way myself. In the Photos app you can double-click photos to toggle between 100% view, which makes it pretty useable. The Photos app used to over-sharpen photos at 100% view, but looking at it just now I think they may have fixed that since.

Occasionally I use FastStone Image Viewer to do things other Image Viewers can't, but I'm no expert with it as I only use it for certain projects. However, I've just looked and it will allow you to view all images at 100% view by default if you want.

Settings > Settings > Viewer Tab > Auto Image Size > Actual Size





To scroll through images, double click a thumbnail (which will open it in full-screen viewer mode), then use either the mouse scroll wheel to scroll through images, or moving the mouse to the very top of the screen to bring up the thumbnail list. CTRL + mouse wheel will zoom in and out.

As an image viewer it's pretty hardcore, it's like the software equivalent to a Swiss Army Knife, LOL. They do a portable version too if you just want to experiment with it first without actually installing it. Here's their website:

FastStone Image Viewer - Powerful and Intuitive Photo Viewer, Editor and Batch Converter

 

Photo Viewer with Pan and Zoom


Is anyone familiar with photo viewer software that has pan and zoom feature? The feature was available with Vista photo viewer, gone with 7. I would like to have software with pan and zoom when using 10.