However, that doesn’t mean you can’t open the WPV in Win 10. There are, in fact, a few ways you can restore the WPV in Windows 10. This is how you can open Photo Viewer in Windows 10.

How can I run Windows 7 Photo Viewer on Windows 10?

1. Select Windows Photo Viewer as your default image viewer

If you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 on a desktop or laptop that originally came with Win 8.1 or 7, you’ll find that the Windows Photo Viewer is still there. The Photo Viewer registry keys are still in place on PCs that originally came with earlier Windows platforms. Thus, all you really need to do to open pictures with Windows Photo Viewer is to configure the default app settings so that it’s the default image viewer software by following the steps above. If you’re still running Windows 7 and you need some great software to organize your photos, we have a great list of tools.

2. Make Photo Viewer work by using Command Prompt

2.1 Open Photo Viewer by using Command Prompt Photo Viewer will not be listed on the Choose an app list if Windows 10 is the original platform on a desktop or laptop. Nevertheless, you can still launch WPV with the Command Prompt. 2.2 Open photos in Photo Viewer using Command Prompt To open the Photo Viewer with some images, you’ll need to enter a full path to a folder that includes images at the end of the command. SPONSORED For example, the command could be something like this: rundll32 “%ProgramFiles%Windows Photo ViewerPhotoViewer.dll”, ImageView_Fullscreen C:\Users\My Photos Just make sure that you include the full folder image path, and then press the Enter key. That will open Photo Viewer with all the images included in the folder path, and you can flick through them by pressing the Windows Photo Viewer’s Previous (Left arrow) and Next (Right arrow) buttons.

3. Add a Windows Photo Viewer Shortcut to the Desktop

You don’t need to open the Command Prompt to launch WPV with an image folder. Instead, you can add shortcuts to the desktop that open WPV with a specified picture folder like instructed above. So that’s how you can get the Windows 7 image viewer back in Windows 10. However, there are also plenty of alternative freeware third-party image viewers you can install. This software guide provides further details for the top seven Windows 10 photo viewers. Important note: Microsoft officially ended Windows 7 support. If you’re planning to upgrade to Windows 10, make sure to check out our wide collection of guides on how to make the transition as smooth as possible.

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