Solved Explorer right-click on image and select Preview is gone


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Previously when right-clicking on an image in explorer you could choose to open it in Photos but I preferred the Preview option. It opened a window that was a simple preview image viewer. It had a few options like rotating but was nothing more than a viewer really. That seems to be gone now. Does anyone know how to bring it back?
 
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Edwin said:
I believe that was a Windows Photo Viewer feature...

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Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10

How to Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10
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THANK YOU !!!!

That explains why I couldn't find it. Although the right-click menu said Preview, that wasn't the name of the program. As you said, it was called Windows Photo Viewer. I find it much cleaner, quicker, and more useful than the 'Photos' application when all I want to do is view it (and navigate amongst pictures in a folder with the left/right keys).

:love:
 

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Yes, it is configurable. I still use Picasa Photo Viewer for preview, even though Picasa is no longer supported by Google. It's a matter of habit and has some disadvantages: Picasa doesn't support new file formats like HEIC, which cannot be previewed, instead they are opened in Photos. But I don't have a lot of them.
 

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d4005 said:
Although the right-click menu said Preview, that wasn't the name of the program. As you said, it was called Windows Photo Viewer.
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You can change the moniker of that entry if you wish...

11010.webp

11011.webp
 

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Slavic said:
I still use Picasa Photo Viewer
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Same here! It's so nostalgic I don't want to get rid of it! :cool:
Plus, Picasa has one of the most pleasant Screensaver engines.
Slavic said:
Picasa doesn't support new file formats like HEIC, which cannot be previewed, instead they are opened in Photos. But I don't have a lot of them.
Click to expand...
I use FastStone for everything, including .webp's, however, I have so many .heic's from my phone that I need to use XnView.
 

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