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DeadStack
Jul 01, 2020Brass Contributor
How do I set Photo app to open .webp files?
Hi, Through the two paths I know of to change default file type apps there is no way to set the photo app to open a file type. Can Microsoft please sort this out so that we can open new image ...
scarlett1997
Apr 08, 2022Copper Contributor
The executable is actually in the WindowsApp > Microsoft.Windows.Photos, welp but it still didn't work windows11sux
windows11sux
Apr 10, 2022Copper Contributor
looks like theres 2 photo apps. the one i mentioned is the old one from a previous version of window that requires a registry hack to make it work.
https://www.howtogeek.com/225844/how-to-make-windows-photo-viewer-your-default-image-viewer-on-windows-10/
the one in windowsapp is the one from windows store, if you set the folder permissions so that you can view the folder, you can just manually associate the .webp file with the executable.