Windows 10: Photo Viewer missing

Even though I tried to open with my photos with the default photo app as Windows Photo Viewer, it’s missing. The only option is Paint 3D and Paint. I am running 1803 and seems to have opened my photos with Windows Photo Viewer a few days ago, but just now, this happened.

Is this a known issue?

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/apps_windows_10-win_paint3d-win_issue3d/paint-3d-takeover-of-photos/c0e296d2-49c2-41b2-a8c7-e165f5a51453



Thanks

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photo viewer

Hi,

There are several reasons why this issue occurs, such as corrupted system file or your graphic driver needs to be updated. To isolate your issues about viewing photos in
Windows Photo Viewer, we just have a few questions:

• Is the issue the same with a different image file format?
• Have you tried using the Photo app to check if the issue is the same?
• Is the issue only occurs with the photos that were captured using your DSLR camera?
• Have you tried downloading photos online and check if the issue is the same?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, to troubleshoot your issue in using the Windows Photo Viewer, we suggest that you run the Windows apps troubleshooter. To do so, click on this
link. If the issue still persists, we recommend that you update your graphic driver. To do this, we suggest that you follow the steps provided on this
link.

Please post back with the result for further assistance.

 

Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10  


If you already did step 2, then it sounds like you may have missed doing step 9. If done, you should be able to open an image file to have it open with Windows Photo Viewer.

 

Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10  

Thanks! I tried it, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. I'm sure it's probably something I did on my end....

I tried the 'undo' but photo viewer was still there after I did that. I did step #3 again and it's still the same. I can still rearrange, but can't view in that order. I don't see the photo viewer listed twice under 'open with'.

Any insights? Thanks!