How to Change Windows Photo Viewer Background Color in Windows


You can use Windows Photo Viewer to view your image files in a variety of ways, print, order prints, attach pictures to an e‑mail message, burn, or open photos in another app on your PC.

If you like, you can change the default background color in Windows Photo Viewer.

This tutorial will show you how to change the background color in Windows Photo Viewer to any color for your account in Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10.


EXAMPLE: Background color in Windows Photo Viewer




Here's How:

1 Press the Win + R keys to open Run, type regedit in Run, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

2 Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Viewer

3 In the right pane of the Viewer key, double click/tap on the BackgroundColor DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot above)

If you do not have a BackgroundColor DWORD, then right click or press and hold on an empty space in the right pane of the Viewer key, click/tap on New, click/tap on DWORD (32-bit) Value, type BackgroundColor for the name, and press Enter.

4 Select (dot) Hexadecimal, type FF along with the RGB value (ex: "000000") of the color (ex: black) you want from the table at the Microsoft links below, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

For example:

The RGB value number for the color Black from the links above is 000000.

You would enter: FF000000

5 Open an image with Windows Photo Viewer to see your change.

6 When finished, you can close Registry Editor if you like.


That's it,
Shawn

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