Windows 10: Windows Photo Viewer can't be set as default on fresh install Windows 10.0.17763.1 (1809)

Customer Service asked me to post this here to see if anyone knew anything about it.


I've been able to set it as default up to 17134.376 (1803) but after I did a fresh reinstall of 1809 from USB I'm no longer able to get the setting to stick. I've tried doing things the normal way (Open with... > Choose another app > More apps > Windows Photo Viewer. tick the checkbox for "Always use this app to open") but it will not save the setting. Upon trying to reopen the file it will launch in the Photo App. I've tried changing the file associations in Default App Settings, as well, but as far as I can recall Windows 10 has only shown the option of .tiff and .tif to be associated with it. Trying to set the association by file type doesn't work either as it only shows Photo and Paint as selectable choices without giving the ability to search for other options.


The association appears to remain intact if you have the setting BEFORE upgrading to 1809 but once the association is wiped, either by doing a system refresh or complete reinstall, you're unable to link the files and Windows Photo Viewer again. This holds true for the .png, .jpg, .jpeg, and .gif file types (those are the one's I've tried, anyway).


Thanks in advance for any help or advice on the subject.


P.S. If you don't know how to reactivate Windows Photo Viewer as a selectable choice you have to edit the registry.

See: https://www.howtogeek.com/225844/how-to-make-windows-photo-viewer-your-default-image-viewer-on-windows-10/

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Set Windows Photo Viewer as default to open photos

Hi,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to follow the steps below to set window photo viewer as default and check if it helps:

• 
  Press Windows key + X.
  
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  Click on Control Panel and under View by change it to
  Small Icons.
  
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  Click on Default Programs and click on
  Set your default programs.
  
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  Click on Windows Photo Viewer from the Left pane and click on
  Choose Defaults for this program.
  
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  Select all the formats available from the list and click on
  Save and click Ok.
  
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  Check if issue persists.
  

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Windows 10 default image viewer

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps in order to change the default image viewer to Paint.

• In search,
• Type Default Programs.
• Check whether Windows Photo Viewer is listed in the list.
• Left click on the photo viewer and select the option paint.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

 

Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10  


Fresh install of Win10, did option 2, number 3 (sort fix). does anyone know why "Windows Photo Viewer" would show up twice in the list of apps to choose from in default apps? It persists even after setting Windows Photo Viewer as default. Also appears twice when choosing a default program on a per-filetype basis.