Windows Photo Viewer Download For Windows 10 ((new)) May 2026

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts.tif\UserChoice] "Progid"="Applications\photoviewer.dll"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25, 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00, 6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25, 00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00, 25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f, 00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,50,00,68,00, 6f,00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c, 00,6c,00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00, 77,00,5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20, 00,25,00,31,00,00,00 windows photo viewer download for windows 10

Microsoft replaced it with the (a UWP app) starting with Windows 8 and 10. However, the old Windows Photo Viewer (from Windows 7 and 8) still exists in the system files of Windows 10 — it's just not set as the default image viewer. windows photo viewer download for windows 10

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts.jpeg\UserChoice] "Progid"="Applications\photoviewer.dll" windows photo viewer download for windows 10

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts.dib\UserChoice] "Progid"="Applications\photoviewer.dll"

If you just want a reliable classic image viewer without any registry tweaks: from irfanview.com — it's faster than Windows Photo Viewer and supports more formats.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts.gif\UserChoice] "Progid"="Applications\photoviewer.dll"