With File Explorer on Windows 10 you can quickly and easily view pictures as a slide show. The pictures can be stored anywhere on the PC, a USB stick or an external hard drive.
Note: This no longer works on Windows 11 as Microsoft has removed this feature.
First open the File Explorer by pressing the Windows logo key and ‘E’ (⊞Win+E) or by clicking on the folder icon located on the taskbar:
Go to the directory containing the photos and click once on any photo. The “Manage” tab appears (1) , along with the “Picture Tools” selection below it. Then click on “Picture Tools” (2) and another selection “Slide Show” becomes visible.
If you then click on “Slide Show” (3), the slide show starts in full-screen mode from the first picture in the selected folder.
Changing the slideshow settings
You can change the settings while the slide show is running. To do this, click anywhere on the screen with the right mouse button. A pop-up menu with the settings options appears:
