Windows 10: PLEASE bring pack Windows Photo Viewer.

The Photos app has been painfully slow for me no matter what kind of PC i'm using it's still takes 15 seconds to load a simple png or jpg file. Why don't you guys care about the customer and let us use Windows Photo Viewer, which is 100 times faster instead ? In the previous builds, Windows Photo Viewer was still there and i can change my default app to view pictures to it, but now it's gone. Nice job on making me wanting to switch to OS X .

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How to bring back Photo Viewer in Windows 10?

Unfortunately, none of the above answers worked for me, but they pointed me in the right direction.

1. Right-click on an image in Windows Explorer, choose Open With, then Choose another app.
   
2. In the dialog, scroll down and click on More apps, then `Look for another app on this PC.
   
3. Then, at the bottom right, choose All Files (*.*) instead of Programs (*.exe ...), then navigate to C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer and choose PhotoViewer.dll.
   
4. Photo Viewer opens. Close it.
   
5. Repeat Step 1: Right-click again on the image, choose Open With, then Choose another app.
   
6. Again scroll down to click on More apps.
   
7. Now Windows Photo Viewer appears in the apps list. Choose it and click on Always use this app to open .png files.
   

Once you did steps 1-4, you don't have to repeat them for other file types. Steps 5-7 should suffice.

 

How to get rid of raw file support in windows photo viewer?






I have downloaded this, and it did not work; photo viewer is not in the list of programs in Open With or Default App. I used option 2 step 3, followed by step 5 to 9.

 

How to bring back Photo Viewer in Windows 10?

I have found a solution without having to alter the registry.
I have followed TechnoCore's answer, but as the comments indicated, the second part wasn't working for me either.
So this is what to do:

1. Open a command line as administrator
   
2. Type in the following:
   

1. Then go to the image file and choose open with... and then choose the command you just typed:
   
   
   
   

Make sure you have the "Always use this app..." option checked.<br>
Repeat it for all file types you want to associate with Windows Photo Viewer.