Windows has introduced 'Photos' app to view photos but it's not as powerful and functional as the earlier Windows Photo Viewer app. The classic Windows Photo Viewer although has not been dropped from Windows 10, it doesn't appear in Default Programs or Default apps in Settings when you perform a clean install of Windows 10, or after upgrading from a previous version of Windowsįor example, from Windows 8 to 10, the basic Windows Photo Viewer app is not available. Coming to Windows 10, Microsoft universally replaced it with its updated version Photos Bring back the classic Windows Photo Viewer to Windows 10 to substitute for the built-in Photo Apps.

Formerly, it was known as Windows Picture and Fax Viewer and later renamed to Windows Photo Viewer. 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 Windows Photo Viewer has been a part of the Windows family since Windows XP. 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. If you preferred the old Windows Photo Viewer the good news is you can re-enable it in Windows 10 To open another picture, I have to close the current picture, then reopen another one Windows 10 comes with a range of new applications for using your files, one of these is 'Photos' which replaces Windows Photo Viewer (also known as Windows Picture and Fax Viewer) from Windows 7 and 8. With the Win 10 Photos, there is no forward arrow. When a picture is opened, jumping to the next picture is just a click on the forward arrow at the bottom.

Was it eliminated from Windows 10? I have not been able to find any answers or a Windows picture and fax viewer download for Windows 10 on the Microsoft site or the app store For the picture viewer, I used to have Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. However, Windows picture and fax viewer is nowhere to be found on Windows 10. Home Windows 10 windows picture and fax viewer