More Windows 10 tips • • • It's easy to get the trusty old Windows Photo Viewer back -- simply open up Settings and go to System > Default apps. Under 'Photo viewer,' you should see your current default photo viewer (probably the new Photos app). Click this to see a list of options for a new default photo viewer.
Here is how to enable Photo Viewer in Windows 10. Additional info, it did let me choose the old windows media player as a video player too. Jelabarre59 says.
Assuming you upgraded to Windows 10 from a previous version of Windows, you should see Windows Photo Viewer as an option. Choose Windows Photo Viewer and exit the Settings menu, and you're done -- photos will now open up in Windows Photo Viewer. If you installed Windows 10 from scratch This is trickier, because while Windows Photo Viewer is still technically available, it's not easy to find. IT does involve editing the Windows Registry, which you should not attempt unless you know what you're doing -- editing the Registry can be dangerous if you make a mistake. Double-click on your new REG file to merge it with your Windows Registry. You will need to click through the User Account Control and a few other windows to allow the file to make changes to the Registry.
Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET 3. You should now be able to see the Windows Photo Viewer and set it as the default program for various image files. To do this, open the Control Panel and go to Default Programs > Set Default Programs.
Find Windows Photo Viewer in the list of programs, click it, and choose Set this program as default. This will set the Windows Photo Viewer as the default program for all file types it can open by default.
Modern Apps Modern apps deserve an honorable mention. Apps for Netflix, Hulu, and other media services look awfully similar to media center interfaces. If you want an interface to play back streaming video from your couch, these modern apps may be a convenient alternative to a new media center application. Kodi (Formerly XBMC) is probably the most popular alternative to Windows media Center out there. Kodi was formerly known as XBMC, and was was originally created for modded Xboxes. Today, Kodi runs on a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux–even Android and iOS. In addition to interfacing with a TV capture card for live TV and recording, it supports every type of media format you’d want.