Windows Picture And Fax Viewer Windows 7

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Install Windows Picture And Fax Viewer Windows 7

Hi, I have a problem with the picture viewer on windows 7. It's not letting me print the correct size of picture I want, XP does it fine. Is there somewhere I can download Windows picture & fax viewer. In the office we have always been able to view our scanned documents and print only the individual pages that we selected, using Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. We do this with multiple page tif. Jan 13, 2016 How to get Windows Photo Viewer back in Windows 10. I don't hate the new Photos app, but I do love the old Windows Photo Viewer. By; Sarah Jacobsson Purewal.

Windows 10 has a bunch of new apps, including a new Photos app. I don't mind the Photos app -- it certainly has some nifty features, such as the ability to edit and enhance your images with a couple of clicks -- but I love the old Windows Photo Viewer. And I miss it. A lot.

I miss it so much that I made it my default photo app. And here's how you can do the same thing.

How to get Windows Photo Viewer back in Windows 10. I don't hate the new Photos app, but I do love the old Windows Photo Viewer. By; Sarah Jacobsson Purewal. January 13, 2016 11:15 AM PST.
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is not an editor, it is primarily a viewer. When you click edit from within Picture and Fax Viewer it simply closes and launches the file in the default program for the file type (for example, Paint), which does support editing. I say primarily because you can rotate the image, annotate, save a copy, etc.

If you upgraded from Windows 7, 8 or 8.1

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It's easy to get the trusty old Windows Photo Viewer back -- simply open up Settings and go to System > Default apps. Under 'Photo viewer,' you should see your current default photo viewer (probably the new Photos app). Click this to see a list of options for a new default photo viewer. Assuming you upgraded to Windows 10 from a previous version of Windows, you should see Windows Photo Viewer as an option.

Choose Windows Photo Viewer and exit the Settings menu, and you're done -- photos will now open up in Windows Photo Viewer.

If you installed Windows 10 from scratch

This is trickier, because while Windows Photo Viewer is still technically available, it's not easy to find. IT does involve editing the Windows Registry, which you should not attempt unless you know what you're doing -- editing the Registry can be dangerous if you make a mistake.

Here's how to do it:

1. Copy the code from this post by Edwin over at TenForums into Notepad and save it as a REG file (call it whatever you like, maybe photoviewer.reg).

2. Pss surveillance software. Double-click on your new REG file to merge it with your Windows Registry. You will need to click through the User Account Control and a few other windows to allow the file to make changes to the Registry.

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3. You should now be able to see the Windows Photo Viewer and set it as the default program for various image files. To do this, open the Control Panel and go to Default Programs > Set Default Programs. Find Windows Photo Viewer in the list of programs, click it, and choose Set this program as default. This will set the Windows Photo Viewer as the default program for all file types it can open by default.

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Windows 10 uses the new Photos app as your default image viewer, but many people still prefer the old Windows Photo Viewer. You can get Photo Viewer back in Windows 10, though. It’s just hidden.

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If you upgrade a PC running Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10, Windows Photo Viewer will be available and you can set it as your default photo viewer if you want. However, if you perform a clean installation of Windows 10—or buy a PC with Windows 10 already on it—you can’t access Photo Viewer at all. The interesting thing is that Photo Viewer is still there. It’s just hidden and you’ll have to make a couple of Registry edits to have it show up. After you do that, you can then set it as your default photo viewer.

The Problem

For whatever reason, Microsoft opted not to include the Registry keys that enable access to Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 10. Those keys are kept in place if you upgrade from a previous version of Windows, but they aren’t created during the installation of Windows 10. Microsoft really wants you to open all those image files in its new Photos app, instead.

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If you navigate to the Default apps pane in Settings, you won’t even see Photo Viewer as an option. The old “Default Programs” Control Panel app isn’t much help, either. Open it up and you can only make Photo Viewer the default association for .tif and .tiff files—not other types of images.

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You also can’t simply point image files at a specific .exe file to associate them with Photo Viewer, either. Photo Viewer is actually part of a DLL file named “PhotoViewer.dll” and doesn’t have a separate executable file associated with it.

So, how do you get Photo Viewer back? By firing up our old friend Registry Editor, of course. And after you do that, you can set it as your default photo app.

Step One: Enable Photo Viewer in the Registry

We’ll need to add the same registry entries that were present on Windows 7 and 8.1, and are still present on systems that upgraded from those old versions of Windows. To make things easy, we’ve put together a Registry hack you can use to make these edits quickly because they’re a little cumbersome to make manually. Download and unzip the following file:

Inside, you’ll find two hacks. Run the “Activate Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 10” hack to create the keys and values in the Registry and activate Photo Viewer. And if you ever want to deactivate it, just run the “Deactivate Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 10 (Default)” hack. Of course, there’s no real need to deactivate it in the Registry. You can always leave it available and just associate your image files with a different app.

Note: A big thanks to nexus over at TenForums for locating the required registry settings.

And remember—this step is only necessary if you’re using a fresh Windows 10 system. If you upgraded from Windows 7 or 8.1, you should be able to go ahead and set Windows Photo Viewer as your default image-viewing application in all the usual ways.

Step Two: Set Windows Photo Viewer as Your Default Image Viewer

To associate an image file with Photo Viewer, right-click any type of image file—for example, a .png, .jpg, .gif, or .bmp file—and select Open With > Choose Another App.

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In the “How do you want to open this file?” window, select Windows Photo Viewer. If you don’t see it at first, scroll to the bottom of what’s listed and click the “More apps” option—it’ll show up. Select the “Always use this app to open .___ files” option, and then click “OK.”

Windows Photo Viewer will now be the default image viewer for that type of image file. You’ll need to repeat this process for each type of image file you want to use it with. In other words, whenever you open an image that opens in the Photos app, just close the Photos app and use the “Open with” menu to associate that file type with Windows Photo Viewer. You’ll only have to do this the first time you open each new type of image file.

Obviously, we can’t guarantee that Microsoft will keep access to Photo Viewer around forever. But for now, at least, it’s still there—even if you have to put in a little work to find it.