Windows 10 Desktop Issue
Apr 19, 2019 01:29:52 #
Apr 19, 2019 03:01:34 #
Max Bottomtime wrote:
Windows Photo Viewer is still there, it's just hidden.
https://www.howtogeek.com/225844/how-to-make-windows-photo-viewer-your-default-image-viewer-on-windows-10/
https://www.howtogeek.com/225844/how-to-make-windows-photo-viewer-your-default-image-viewer-on-windows-10/
Thanks so much, Max! I have been wanting Viewer back since the Fall Creator Studio took over my computer and replaced Viewer with Photos, a dreadful photo viewer program. With Photos, you have to mouse all over the screen to go forward or backward, delete or zoom. Viewer has all these operations in one spot at the bottom of the screen and the zoom is a scroll of the mouse wheel. Making the Registry changes was simple with the app noted in the article. My deep appreciation. I'll return the favor with another hack. Two nights ago, Windows decided it was time to format my hard drive in a laptop less than one year old. No stopping this operation. I was in the middle of processing real estate photos for a client. Sure was a problem getting that task done. Before I can upload the photos, I resize them for easier handling. Easy, right? Highlight all the images and right click to resize, right? No resize command available after the format. Searching the internet, I found the resize command was eliminated in one of the Win 10 iterations, however, there was a third party software that replaces the resize command. Installed it and it was business as usual. https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/batch-resize-multiple-images-windows-10/
Apr 19, 2019 11:14:23 #
Max Bottomtime
Loc: Torrance, California
It's amazing that Microsoft's "updates" make things slower and more difficult to use. I hated Photos for the very reasons you pointed out. It was so nice having the old viewer back.
Apr 20, 2019 12:36:44 #
I use irfanview for my photos. It's a very small download that can re-size and edit your photos. Just right click and set as desktop wallpaper, or open photo and size as you like.
May 24, 2019 22:35:37 #
MDI Mainer wrote:
Apparently, if you have a clean install on an older computer, or a computer that came with Windows 10 as its original OS, you need to do a registry edit to reactivate Photo Viewer. That's probably too risky an operation for many, just to change photo programs.
But I agree this is another example of where the old program was more intuitive and better than its replacement.
But I agree this is another example of where the old program was more intuitive and better than its replacement.
I did not realize that the link helpfully posted by Max Bottomtime provides a hack to download and install which will make the registry changes automatically. In a fit of disgust with Windows Photos, I tried the hack and it worked flawlessly. So I'm back to using Windows Photo Viewer as the default program.
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