Windows OS comes with a built-in image viewing program which is called "Photo Viewer". Its a very basic image viewer which allows you to view images and to perform a few basic operations on images such as rotate, zoom, delete, set as Desktop background and slideshow. It also allows you to print the image, burn the image to a disc or email the image to other people.
"Photo Viewer"program comes preinstalled in almost all Windows versions such as Windows 7 or Windows 8. If you want a more advanced image viewer, Microsoft provides a better program "Photo Gallery" which is a part of Windows Essentials Live suite.
Both programs "Photo Viewer" and "Photo Gallery" display the images using a very light Background Color and there is no option provided to change this default color. There are many people who prefer a dark background color for such kind of applications.
If you always wanted to change this light background color to some other color in Photo Viewer or Photo Gallery program but never found a way to do this, here is something interesting for you.
Today in this article, we are going to share a Registry tweak and a free software which will allow you to change default background color in Windows Pgoto Viewer and Windows Live Photo Gallery programs.
METHOD 1: Using Registry Editor
You can change the default background color to any of your desired color using following simple steps:
1. Press "WIN+R" key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type regedit and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.
2. Now go to following keys:
For example, if you want to set the background color to black, set the value of BackgroundColor to ff000000 where 000000 is the 6-digit hex code of black color and ff is the prefix value which is required by the Registry key.
METHOD 2: Using Free Software
If you don't want to modify Registry or if the above mentioned method doesn't work for you, you can try following free Software to do the same task easily and automatically:
Our friend "hb860" has provided a free software "Photo Viewer Background Changer" which allows you to change the default background color of Photo Viewer and Photo Gallery programs.
You just need to run the software, select the correct program (Photo Viewer or Photo Gallery) and then click on "Change a Color" button. It'll allow you to select your desired color, select the color and click on OK button. That's it, it'll immediately change the background color.
If you want to restore default background color, you can click on "Reset to Defaults" button.
This software is portable so you don't need to install it. Just download the zip file, extract it and you'll find 2 folders:
This free tool can be used in Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows editions are supported.
You can download the freeware using following link:
DOWNLOAD CLICK HERE
"Photo Viewer"program comes preinstalled in almost all Windows versions such as Windows 7 or Windows 8. If you want a more advanced image viewer, Microsoft provides a better program "Photo Gallery" which is a part of Windows Essentials Live suite.
Both programs "Photo Viewer" and "Photo Gallery" display the images using a very light Background Color and there is no option provided to change this default color. There are many people who prefer a dark background color for such kind of applications.
If you always wanted to change this light background color to some other color in Photo Viewer or Photo Gallery program but never found a way to do this, here is something interesting for you.
Today in this article, we are going to share a Registry tweak and a free software which will allow you to change default background color in Windows Pgoto Viewer and Windows Live Photo Gallery programs.
METHOD 1: Using Registry Editor
You can change the default background color to any of your desired color using following simple steps:
1. Press "WIN+R" key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type regedit and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.
2. Now go to following keys:
For Windows Photo Viewer:3. In right-side pane, look for a DWORD BackgroundColor. If it doesn't exist, create it manually. Once you find or create the DWORD, double-click on it and set its value to the 6-digit hex code of your desired color prefixed by ff
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Viewer
For Windows Live Photo Gallery:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\Viewer
For example, if you want to set the background color to black, set the value of BackgroundColor to ff000000 where 000000 is the 6-digit hex code of black color and ff is the prefix value which is required by the Registry key.
METHOD 2: Using Free Software
If you don't want to modify Registry or if the above mentioned method doesn't work for you, you can try following free Software to do the same task easily and automatically:
Our friend "hb860" has provided a free software "Photo Viewer Background Changer" which allows you to change the default background color of Photo Viewer and Photo Gallery programs.
You just need to run the software, select the correct program (Photo Viewer or Photo Gallery) and then click on "Change a Color" button. It'll allow you to select your desired color, select the color and click on OK button. That's it, it'll immediately change the background color.
If you want to restore default background color, you can click on "Reset to Defaults" button.
This software is portable so you don't need to install it. Just download the zip file, extract it and you'll find 2 folders:
- Windows 8
- Windows 7 and before
This free tool can be used in Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows editions are supported.
You can download the freeware using following link:
DOWNLOAD CLICK HERE
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