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How to change default Windows editor to GIMP? - oatmeal769 - 05-13-2025
I like to view pix in the standard windows viewer. I only use GIMP to edit.
In Windows 10, you could use a simple registry hack to make Gimp the default editor in right-click/context menus instead of Windows Paint.
This was the Registry location to change the default in Windows 10:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit\command
Unfortunately, this key doesn't exist in Windows 11.
Does anyone know how to set Gimp as the default editor in the right-click/context menus instead of whatever Win11 makes us use?
TIA!
(P.S., This is NOT the same as simply making Gimp the default photo handler.)
RE: How to change default Windows editor to GIMP? - rich2005 - 05-13-2025
is this any help ? https://www.elevenforum.com/t/a-quick-tutorial-to-change-default-edit-for-image-files.4461/
RE: How to change default Windows editor to GIMP? - oatmeal769 - 05-13-2025
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rich2005is this any help ? https://www.elevenforum.com/t/a-quick-tutorial-to-change-default-edit-for-image-files.4461/
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Appreciate the reply, but no.
It is essentially saying to do the same thing. The problem is that:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SystemFileAssociations
is missing in Windows 11 - or at least the current build, as I just reloaded Windows 11 onto my PC this week.
EDIT:
Doh! I have to be sure and navigate PAST the System.xxx entry to SystemFileAssociations, further down. (Notice the DOT. I did not...)
Still, entering the new value doesn't seem to work, with or without quotes
EDIT x2 Thinking along these lines, I looked for a tutorial using Photoshop, and found this:
https://medium.com/@amrut08/how-to-add-edit-with-photoshop-to-windows-right-click-context-menu-98cd21867253
It works fine.