FIX Windows Photo Viewer Can't Open this Picture, Either It Doesn't Support this File [UPDATED]
46FIX Windows Photo Viewer Can't Open this Picture, Either It Doesn't Support this File [UPDATED]
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. 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. The interesting thing is that Photo Viewer is still there. It’s just hidden and you’ll have to make a couple of Registry edits to have it show up. After you do that, you can then set it as your default photo viewer.
Windows Photo Viewer (WPV) is the default photo viewer in Windows 8.1, 8 and 7. Windows 10 users can also still use the software for opening images, but it’s not the platform’s default photo viewer.
WPV occasionally returns this error message for some users, “Windows Photo Viewer can’t open this picture because either Photo Viewer doesn’t support this file, or you don’t have the latest updates.”
Consequently, the WPV users can’t open their images with the software. Here are a few potential fixes that might resolve this software issue.
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
windows photo viewer can't open this picture
windows photo viewer can't open this picture because the file appears to be damaged or corrupted
windows photo viewer can't open
windows photo viewer can't open this picture because the file appears to be damaged or is too large
windows photo viewer can't display this picture because there might not be enough memory available
Windows Photo Viewer is a default program to view photos in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10. However, there are several cases reported about Windows Photo Viewer not able to open CR2, NEF and other image file formats, along with this error message.
Some users have been reporting problems with the default Windows Photo Viewer (WPV). Users encountering this issue see the following error message on certain/all photos opened via Windows Photo Viewer: “Windows Photo Viewer can’t open this picture because either Photo Viewer doesn’t support this file, or you don’t have the latest updates.”
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).