How to Enable and Disable Picasa’s New Photo Viewer

Picasa Photo Viewer

If you’ve been using Picasa 3 for some time you either love or dislike the new Picasa Photo Viewer. The Picasa photo viewer was intended as a replacement for Windows built-in picture viewer. Whether the Windows Picture viewer or the Picasa Photo Viewer is preferred is a question of taste, either way I have highlighted the instructions on enabling and disabling this feature. If you have any comments or questions, please post them below.

Note: I used Picasa 3 installed on Windows Vista.

Picasa Photo Viewer

1. Click on the Orb (Start button) and click on All Programs (Start > Program Files in Windows XP)

Picasa Photo Viewer

2. Click on Picasa 3 > Configure Picasa Photo Viewer


Picasa Photo Viewer

3. When the Configure Picasa Photo Viewer window opens, you have two options;

A. To Enable/Configure Picasa Photo Viewer click on Use Picasa Photo Viewer as the default viewer of these file types: (Specify file types by adding a checkmark next to the file format desired), click OK.

B. To Disable Photo Viewer click on Don’t use Picasa Photo Viewer, click OK

Related Posts:

  1. How to Create Photo Collages with Picasa 3
  2. How to Disable and Enable Thumbnails in Vista
  3. How to Geotag Your Pictures Using Picasa
  4. How to Create Movie Presentations and Slideshows in Picasa
  5. How to Convert RAW Files to JPEG’s Using Picasa



Leave a Comment

Note: I discourage users from using keywords in their names when posting comments, most of those are caught as spam and end up being deleted. It would be more productive and interactive if commentators use the name they go by rather than using an unrelated name. In the future I reserve the right to delete comments from users using a name other than their own.

Connect with Gil via
EConnect with GIl
Facebook | Twitter | Digg | SU | LinkedIn
Who's behind Gil's Method?
My Name is Gilberto J Perera and I'm the editor behind Gil's Method. I started this blog to help relatives with computer questions. Since then the blog has grown to the collection of articles you see today, I hope that you find this blog useful and that you come back again.
Read more at my about page
Other Resources

Books (Coming Soon)

Forum (Coming Soon)

Store (Coming Soon)