Windows 10: How to open multiple images in same instance of Photo Viewer?

Hi everyone, this is my first post at the TenForums! *Biggrin

Ok, here's my problem: In the previous versions of Windows it was possible to select multiple pictures in a folder and when I hit enter, it opened a single instance of Photo Viewer. Then I could go left or right and it only showed me the pictures I selected. In Windows 10 however, selecting multiple pictures and hitting enter opens up multiple instances of Photo Viewer.

Is there a way to fix this issue?

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Thanks.

One of them will be enough. The 1st one adds WPV to "Open with..." dialog and the 2nd fix from my site adds WPV to "Default Programs" / "Default Apps" which inturn makes it available in "Open With".

The 2nd fix has another advantage. When you multi-select image files and open them, all the images open in a single WPV window where you can use the arrow keys or the prev/next buttons to cycle through the images. This is how WPV is supposed to work.

Whereas if you use the 1st fix, multi-selecting files would open multiple instances of WPV due to missing
DropTarget registry value. I have a post on that obscure problem, too:
Fix Windows Photo Viewer Opens Multiple Windows When Multiple Files are Selected in Windows 10.

 

Unable to open pictures in Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 10.

Jeff:

Is this your issue?

Fix Windows Photo Viewer Opens Separate Instances When Multiple Files are Previewed in Windows 10 - The Winhelponline Blog :

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/windows-photo-viewer-instances-multiple-files-previewed-windows-10/

 

Rather than use Photos I changed the Open with to Windows Photo Viewer then double-clicking a file in Pictures opened in Windows Photo Viewer which let me click the arrow to step through all the images in that Folder.

 

Hi h3k:

Welcome to tenforums.com! *Smile

Works the way you first explained it for me, in Build 10240.

 

Wow, thanks a lot for replying so quickly! In other forums I sometimes have to wait for days for a reply *Smile

I also have Builld 10240 and Windows Photo Viewer is already set as my default program for all picture formats.
Stepping through all images in a folder works for me but sometimes I only want to select just a few images in a folder (by clicking on each image while holding down CTRL) and step through this selection in Windows Photo Viewer. When I select 5 images in a folder that contains 100 images and I hit enter, 5 instances of Windows Photo Viewer open up.
Edwin, did I get this right that on your PC this operation only opens one instance of Photo Viewer?

PS: Since English isn't my mother tongue, maybe sometimes my explanations aren't that easy to follow. Please bear with me *Redface

 

Correct, but I 'drag' selected:

 

I just discovered something weird:
If I select multiple BMP or PNG files, only one instance of Photo Viewer opens up (I haven't noticed this before because most of the time I deal with JPEGs ).
But if the file selected last is a JPG then multiple instances of Photo Viewer pop up.
So even if I select 10 PNGs and then a single JPG -> multiple instances (11 to be exact)
But 10 JPGs and then one PNG or BMP -> one instance

 

Alright, I finally found a solution.
Adding these registry entries did the trick:
Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.jpg] @="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Jpeg" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.jpeg] @="PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Jpeg"[/quote] Thanks for your time, see you guys!

 

Thanks for your time, see you guys![/quote]
Hello,

Don't work for me:
I open the registri in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.jpg"
and in the "folder" put New key??? or new value???

(I have Windows 10 in spanish)

Thanks

 

Inside the "folder" the first value is the (Default) value - it's named (Standard) on my PC because I run Windows 10 in German, don't know what it's called in Spanish (but it's always the first value)



Change this value to PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Jpeg