But for my surprise only 2 filetypes were listed to associate with “Windows Photo Viewer” program: TIF and TIFF. Microsoft has decided to not show the good ol’ tool in default app selection list.Īfter that I went to the classic “ Set Default Programs” window in Control Panel hoping that I would be able to set “Windows Photo Viewer” as default image viewer from that tool. Only Photos app and Paint program were listed there. When I checked in the new Settings app -> System -> Default Apps section, I couldn’t find “Windows Photo Viewer” in the list given under “ Photo viewer” selection. So I decided to set “Windows Photo Viewer” as default image viewer in Windows 10. I never prefer modern or metro apps over traditional Desktop programs.

Photos app takes a little bit time in opening images or photo files which becomes quite annoying with time. Instead Windows 10 comes with a new modern (or metro) app called “ Photos” (sometimes with Paint 3D) which is now the default image viewer program in Windows 10.Īlthough new Photos app is a good looking program and provides good features and user interface but its not as fast as the good ol’ “Windows Photo Viewer” program was. In Windows 10 operating system, you might have noticed that it doesn’t come with “ Windows Photo Viewer” program as default to open image files.

If you are using Windows 10 and missing Windows Photo Viewer program and want to set it as default program to open image files in Windows 10, this tutorial will definitely help you.

Windows 10 photo viewers