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25 Jul 2015 #17

Fafhrd said: View Post

It is a tricky one if you have updated from preview versions and not from
Windows 8 or 7. In that case, your registry associations might be preserved.

The good news is that it is still in \Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer.

The bad news is that the Windows Photo Viewer is only associated with tiff
files it seems, which is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

I can only suggest that you go to Microsoft Answers, make a fuss and see if
one of the MS agents there can give you a registry fix.

The other tricky thing, is that Windows Photo Viewer is not an executable
program, but a dll that is invoked only by clicking on one of its associated files
- in your case or mine, a .tif or .tiff file.

There is a Kludge: rename one of your image files in your image folder in
the following way image.png -> image.tif and you will find that it opens in Windows
Photo Viewer when clicked. Then you can click next or previous and scroll through
ALL of your image files in that folder. Make a shortcut to that image.tif file, and
put it on your desktop, rename it photo viewer, and you will be able to scroll
through all your photos there, or run a slide show etc.
This doesn't really solve the problem. I don't use WPV to view pictures in
a slideshow. I use it to quickly view pictures and delete them as I get them off my
camera.

Fafhrd said: View Post

Beta software - its why we are here, and not playing on the beach.
You're right. But we're a few days from release and this MAJOR bug is still
present.

Edwin said: View Post

Copy the following code into notepad and save it as a .reg file then merge
it. Should fix the issue.
This didn't work. I still only have 2 file associations in the "Default
Programs" panel.

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...This didn't work. I still only have 2 file associations in the "Default
Programs" panel.
Merge that file, then associate three or four file types with WPV, eg.:
png, jpg, bmp, etc:

Click image for larger version. Name: 000009.png Views: 223 Size: 3.3 KB
ID: 25918

Then you should get the option to use WPV as default:

Click image for larger version. Name: 000010.png Views: 164 Size: 34.8
KB ID: 25919

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Edwin said: View Post

Merge that file, then associate three or four file types with WPV, eg.:
png, jpg, bmp, etc:

Then you should get the option to use WPV as default:

Hmm, I didn't do that but I just checked and I was able to select WPV from
the "Open With" menu.

Thanks, this is quite a relief. I can't believe MS is forcing people to use

their "apps".

Also, what exactly does your registry fix do?

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...Also, what exactly does your registry fix do?
 Unable to replace Photos app with Photo Viewer as default (10240).
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