Windows 10: Photos App default behavior when opening one of several files in a folder

This appears to be a built in feature, but it sucks and I'd like to be able to change it.Scenario:Several picture files are in a folder. Let's assume they are called Cat, Mouse, Dog and Bird. Let's assume the folder sorts according to file name: Bird, Cat, Dog, MouseIf one now opens Dog with the photp app, photo app shows it for ~5s and then jumps to Bird.When changing the sorting order of the folder it shows that Photo App always jumps back to whatever is the "top of the list" file.That makes the app unusable. The only work around I have found is by "double selecting" the file I want to see.

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Make the Windows Photos app the default app for an unrecognized file type

Hi there! I'm trying to make files that have a specific file extension (.mpo) open in the Windows Photos app, but I can't figure out how to do it. The Photos app is not listed in Windows's suggested list of default apps, and I can't use the "Look for another app on this PC" option because the Windows Photos app seems to be located in an inaccessible folder ("C:\Program Files\WindowsApps"). Is there a workaround for this? The files that I'm trying to open all use a file format that's backwards compatible with the JPEG image format, so the Photos app should work with them.

 

Photos are opening with Paint instead of Photos app

Hello,

It's likely that your default application for opening photos is Paint. To change your default program in Windows 10 from
Paint to the Photo app, we suggest that you perform the following steps:

• On the Start menu, select Settings.
  
• Go to System, then go to Default apps.
  
• Select Photos or any app that you like to be the default under
  Photo viewer.

Update us if the steps above helped you in resolving your concern.

 

How to change default app for file type

'Open With > Choose another app' has three step, in the first it only offers apps registered for that file type. If you click 'More apps' it lists all registered apps regardless of suitability. Both these steps have the tick-box for 'Always use...' in my 18363.752. The third step, if needed, is 'Look for another app on this PC'. The 'Always use...' must be ticked before taking this step if you want the change to stick. However, WMP appears at the second step.

For a quick look at a JPG almost anything (including WMP) is more practical than Photos which on my system takes more than ten seconds just to open a photo. The OP is probably not aware that the Windows Photo Viewer is still available in W10, but hidden away. That's my default viewer for JPG.


Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10

And, once enabled, is available in Settings > Apps > Default apps.