How to view Photos as a Slideshow on Windows 10

Do you have hundreds or thousands of photos in multiple folders on your Windows 10 computer? Gone are the days when you had to press the space key and the up and down keys to browse photos. When it comes to browsing the different images stored on your system, it is best to view them in a slideshow. Slideshows Improve the viewing experience of your photos by adding a video feel to otherwise stagnant images. If you want to display your photos in a clean slideshow on Windows 10, this guide can be of great help.

View photos as a slideshow on Windows 10

There are four ways to view images or photos as a slideshow in Windows 10:

1. Use the Slideshow function in Explorer
2. Use the Windows Photos app
3. Use other apps to view slideshows
4. View photos as a slideshow on your desktop.

Let’s take a closer look at each of these methods.

1]Use the Slideshow function in Explorer

Of ‘File explorer“Go to the folder containing all the images you want to display in a slideshow.

In the Pictures folder, click on the first image to include in the slideshow, press and hold Shift key on your keyboard and then click last picture. This action selects all the images between the first and the last selected image.

You can select individual images by holding Ctrl key then click on each image individually to add it to the slideshow.

Now select the ‘Manage“Appearing in the upper ribbon under”Image tools“

Select the ‘Slideshow»To start the photo slideshow.

As soon as you click on the “Slideshow “ option all the selected images will appear one by one. To exit the slideshow, press the ‘buttonESC key’On your keyboard. In addition, to display advanced slideshow controls, right-click on the screen.

• Click on ‘Loop’ to run images continuously
• To adjust the image transition speed, click on “Slow, »«Way,’ or ‘Quick.
• To modify the images manually, click on ‘Pause’ and to return to automatic mode, click on “To play. “

It is one of the easiest and most convenient methods to run a slideshow on Windows 10.

2]Use the Windows Photos app

The Windows Photos app hides many features, one of which is the built-in slideshow creator. This app is pretty simple, just be sure to upload your photo folder to the app, and the Photos app will produce an attractive digital slideshow.

Go to ‘Pictures“From the application”The Start menu ‘. Click on ‘Files“

If you don’t see your photo folder, click “Choose where to look»Listed under«Don’t see all of your photos“

Now click on the ‘Add a folder‘Option

Select the photo folder and click on the ‘Slideshow “ option appearing in the upper right corner.

This will start the slideshow of the selected folder. To stop the slideshow, click on ‘ESC key“Or just click anywhere on the screen with your mouse.

3]Use other apps to view slideshows

For many users, the Photos app may not be the default photo viewer. In such cases, users can run slide shows on other Windows programs; these programs include Windows Photo Viewer, Photo Gallery and Picasa. Among these, Windows Photo Viewer is a popular option; this app has been replaced by the Photos app, but it can be restored with this guide. To use this application to view images in a slideshow:

1. Open Windows Photo Viewer or just click on an image.
2. Now click on the round icon located at the bottom center. This starts the photo slideshow.
3. To exit, click on ‘ESC key“

Other programs such as the Photo Gallery offer animated options, notably “Cinematic” and “Panoramic” and “Zoom”. Therefore, if you have natural images, they can come to life like no other.

4]View photos as a slideshow on your desktop

In this method, the slideshow will play the images as the desktop background. To configure the display of folder images as a slideshow on your desktop, follow these steps:

1. Of ‘The Start menu‘ go to ‘Settings“
2. Click on ‘Personalization“
3. Right, under “Context“, Click on and select”Slideshow“
4. By default, the selected folder is ‘Pictures. “You can press”Browse‘under’Choose albums for your slideshow»To change the location of the default image.
5. Finally, under “Change image every‘, Select from 1 minute to 1 day to decide how often you want a new image to appear on your Windows 10 desktop.

The slideshow plays the images in the same order as in the folder starting with the first image. You can choose “Shuffle” for the random sequence of images.

Creating a slideshow on Windows 10 improves the overall viewing experience for our photos.

We hope this guide has given you a few options for creating a slideshow on Windows 10 based on your personal needs. Let us know if you have any other tips in the comments section below.