Windows 10: Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10

I have run 'Restore_Windows_Photo_Viewer.reg' several times now to no avail. Initially it worked that day, but since then the only way I can get Photo Viewer is to right click on a file and click 'Open With' then select PV. Any thoughts on what is up?

 

Hello Silvera, *Smile

After you merge the .reg file, be sure that you also do step 8 to set Windows Photo Viewer as the default program.

 

It is now! I guess I so glad to have it back I forgot to make sure that I had followed all the steps.

I am so glad the Forum is here and you and the others give your time to help folks like me!

 

I'm new to the forum and windows 10, so hope I'm posting in the right place!
I used to be able to arrange photos in any order and view them in that order(in Windows XP).
I am trying to get that option back in Windows 10. I have been able to follow directions and am now able to drag/drop photos within a folder and rearrange them in that way. However, when I go to the photoviewer, they are not in that order. In fact, they are not even in the original order except the first one or maybe two.

Is it even possible to view in the order I rearrange them in (in the viewer, using the forward/back arrow keys)?

Thanks for any help!

 

Hello Becca, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

I added step 3 in the tutorial to fix that for you.

 

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!

 

When I view the pictures, they are in order up until the one I moved. After the moved picture, it seems to jump to other photos in the folder, but not in order--if that helps any...

 

Odd. What file type are the pictures?

 

They are all jpg files. It looks like once I hit the moved picture, it starts showing them in order--but going down the columns vertically instead of across the rows like it should.

 

Looks like anywhere I start viewing within the folder it's going down the columns, not just after the moved picture.
Folders where I haven't moved any photos still show in order, across the rows.

 

Are you closing and reopening Windows Photo Viewer after moving the image?

 

I move the picture, then click the picture to view, which opens photoviewer. Then use the left/right arrows to scroll through the pictures.

It views the same even if I close photo viewer and reopen, or close the folder and then open it again. It views down the columns. Do I need to do it differently to view in order after I move pictures?