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I have hated the fact that the ancient, and handy option of being able to throw up a slideshow from the images you've selected in a folder set as a "picture" type under Windows disappeared, and decided to go on a hunt to find if I could get it back.
A solution which works was offered in this article: How to View Image Slideshow from Folder in Windows 11
Just in case that article should disappear, it suggests the following Registry Edit, and supplies a file to do it:
It also has an UNDO file, which is a two-liner:
It worked on my Win11 box.
A solution which works was offered in this article: How to View Image Slideshow from Folder in Windows 11
Just in case that article should disappear, it suggests the following Registry Edit, and supplies a file to do it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\Slideshow]
"CanonicalName"="{73BCE053-3BBC-4AD7-9FE7-7A7C212C98E6}"
"CommandStateHandler"="{880ac964-2e34-4425-8cf2-86ada2c3a019}"
"CommandStateSync"=""
"Description"="@shell32.dll,-31288"
"Icon"="imageres.dll,-5347"
"MediaTypeFlags"=dword:00000005
"MUIVerb"="@shell32.dll,-31287"
"VerbToInvoke"="slideshow"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\Slideshow\command]
"DelegateExecute"="{80c68d96-366b-11dc-9eaa-00161718cf63}"
It also has an UNDO file, which is a two-liner:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\Slideshow]
It worked on my Win11 box.
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