{"id":31847,"date":"2021-10-11T18:54:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T22:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/?p=31847"},"modified":"2022-11-05T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T14:37:40","slug":"make-photoshop-your-default-image-editor-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/basics\/make-photoshop-your-default-image-editor-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Photoshop Your Default Image Editor in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"summary\">\n<p>Learn how to set Photoshop as your default app for opening JPEG images, PNG files and more in Microsoft's new Windows 11.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video3\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n    <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sYyk-TOo6tE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this tutorial, I show you how to set Photoshop as your default app for opening and editing images in the new Windows 11 so you can open JPEG files, PNG files and other file types directly into Photoshop just by double-clicking on them. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll go through the steps for opening JPEG files into Photoshop, but you can repeat these same steps with other file types as well.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>Let's get started!<\/p>\n<p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Step 1: Navigate to an image file<\/h2>\n<p>In Windows 11, navigate to a folder on your computer that holds one of your JPEG images (or whichever file type you want to set to open in Photoshop).<\/p>\n<p>Here I\u2019ve opened a folder on my desktop. And inside the folder is a JPEG image. We know it\u2019s a JPEG  by the <q>.jpg<\/q> extension at the end of its name (<a href=\"https:\/\/adobe.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100lrdjJ\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fstock.adobe.com%2Fimages%2Fattractive-african-american-woman-in-dress-and-earrings-looking-at-camera-isolated-on-blue%2F314685984\" title=\"View image on Adobe Stock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">portrait image<\/a> from Adobe Stock):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/navigate-to-jpeg-image.jpg\" alt=\"Navigating to a JPEG image in the File Explorer in Windows 11\" width=\"641\" height=\"413\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Navigating to a JPEG image in File Explorer.<\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019re not seeing the file extension, go up to the <strong>View<\/strong> menu:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/open-view-menu.png\" alt=\"Opening the View menu in the File Explorer window.\" width=\"642\" height=\"147\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Opening the View menu.<\/div>\n<p>Choose <strong>Show<\/strong>, and then choose <strong>File name extensions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/show-file-name-extensions.jpg\" alt=\"Choosing Show File name extensions in Windows 11.\" width=\"438\" height=\"267\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choosing Show &gt; File name extensions.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Step 2: Open the Properties dialog box<\/h2>\n<p>Right-click on the image thumbnail:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/right-click-image-thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Right-clicking on the image thumbnail in Windows 11.\" width=\"642\" height=\"326\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Right-clicking on the image thumbnail.<\/div>\n<p>And choose <strong>Properties<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/choose-properties.jpg\" alt=\"Opening the image properties.\" width=\"344\" height=\"150\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Opening the Properties.<\/div>\n<p>Notice in the Properties dialog box that by default, JPEG files are set to open in the <strong>Photos<\/strong> app, which is not what we want:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/properties-dialog-default-photos-app.png\" alt=\"The Properties dialog box showing JPEG files set to open in Photos in Windows 11.\" width=\"373\" height=\"224\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">JPEG files open in the Photos app by default.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Step 3: Set Photoshop as the default app<\/h2>\n<p>To set all JPEG files to open in Photoshop, click the <strong>Change<\/strong> button:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/click-change-button.png\" alt=\"Clicking the Change button.\" width=\"373\" height=\"110\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the Change button.<\/div>\n<p>Windows will ask how you want to open JPEG files from now on. Rather than leaving it set to Photos, scroll through the list of other apps installed on your computer and select Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>If you have more than one version of Photoshop installed, select the most recent version which at the moment is <a href=\"https:\/\/clk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p(264303)a(2982769)g(22913540)url(https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/ca\/products\/photoshop.html)\" title=\"Get Photoshop CC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photoshop 2021<\/a>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/set-photoshop-as-default-viewer-win11.png\" alt=\"Changing the default app in Windows 11 for opening JPEG files to Photoshop\" width=\"401\" height=\"419\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Changing the default app for opening JPEG files to Photoshop.<\/div>\n<p>If Photoshop is not showing, scroll down to the bottom of the list and click <strong>More apps<\/strong>. Then look again for Photoshop and select it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/click-more-apps.png\" alt=\"Clicking the More apps link\" width=\"401\" height=\"180\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The <q>More apps<\/q> link.<\/div>\n<p>Or if you still don\u2019t see Photoshop listed, you\u2019ll need to scroll to the bottom again, click <strong>Look for another app on this PC<\/strong>, and then navigate to where Photoshop is installed on your computer:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/look-for-another-app-on-this-pc.png\" alt=\"Clicking the Look for another app on this PC link\" width=\"401\" height=\"180\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The <q>Look for another app on this PC<\/q> link.<\/div>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve selected Photoshop, click <strong>OK<\/strong> to accept the change:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/select-photoshop-click-ok.png\" alt=\"Selecting Photoshop as the default app for opeing images in Windows 11 and clicking OK\" width=\"401\" height=\"322\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking OK.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Step 4: Close the Properties dialog box<\/h2>\n<p>Back in the Properties dialog box, it shows that JPEG files are now set to open automatically in Photoshop:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/photoshop-set-as-default-image-viewer.png\" alt=\"Photoshop is now set as the default app for opening JPEG files in Windows 11\" width=\"372\" height=\"192\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">JPEG files will now open in Photoshop.<\/div>\n<p>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to accept it and close the dialog box:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/click-ok.png\" alt=\"Closing the Properties dialog box in Windows 11\" width=\"371\" height=\"95\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Closing the Properties dialog box.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Step 5: Double-click to open the image in Photoshop<\/h2>\n<p>Then back in Windows, double-click on your image thumbnail:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/double-click-to-open-image.jpg\" alt=\"Double-clicking on the JPEG file to open it in Windows 11\" width=\"643\" height=\"415\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Double-clicking on the JPEG image to open it.<\/div>\n<p>Windows will open Photoshop if it was not open already, and your JPEG image (and any other JPEG image you open in the future) will open inside it. <\/p>\n<p>You can follow the same steps with each additional file type, like PNG, that you want Windows to open in Photoshop:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2021\/default-image-editor-win11\/image-open-in-photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"Windows 11 now opens JPEG files in Photoshop\" width=\"803\" height=\"455\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Windows 11 now opens JPEG files in Photoshop.<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>And there we have it! But what if you need to open two or more images at once, and you need them both in the same document? Check out my <a href=\"\/basics\/open-multiple-images-as-layers-in-photoshop\/\" title=\"Learn more\">How to Open Multiple Images as Layers<\/a> tutorial. Or visit my <a href=\"\/basics\/\">Photoshop Basics<\/a> section for more topics. 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