diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadCustom.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadCustom.py
index 803e678be0..e2401b2903 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadCustom.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadCustom.py
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-#***************************************************************************
-#*   Copyright (c) 2018 Yorik van Havre <yorik@uncreated.net>              *
-#*                                                                         *
-#*   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
-#*   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
-#*   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
-#*   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
-#*   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
-#*                                                                         *
-#*   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
-#*   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
-#*   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
-#*   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
-#*                                                                         *
-#*   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
-#*   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software   *
-#*   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
-#*   USA                                                                   *
-#*                                                                         *
-#***************************************************************************
+# ***************************************************************************
+# *   Copyright (c) 2018 Yorik van Havre <yorik@uncreated.net>              *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+# *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
+# *   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+# *   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+# *   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+# *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+# *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+# *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+# *   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software   *
+# *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+# *   USA                                                                   *
+# *                                                                         *
+# ***************************************************************************
 
 import os
 import FreeCAD
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ from urllib.parse import unquote
 
 
 # filename will be given before this script is run
-cfolders = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetString("ShowCustomFolder","")
+cfolders = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetString(
+    "ShowCustomFolder", ""
+)
 if cfolders:
     dirnumber = int(filename[0])
     filename = filename[2:]
@@ -36,8 +38,22 @@ if cfolders:
         cfolder = os.path.dirname(cfolder)
     f = unquote(filename).replace("+", " ")
     ext = os.path.splitext(filename)[1].lower().strip(".")
-    mod = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetString("DefaultImport"+ext,"")
-    FreeCADGui.loadFile(os.path.join(cfolder, f),mod)
+    mod = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetString(
+        "DefaultImport" + ext, ""
+    )
+    if (
+        ext.lower() in ("fcstd", "stp", "step", "iges", "igs")
+    ):
+        FreeCAD.loadFile(os.path.join(cfolder, f), mod)
+    elif (
+        ext.lower() in ("bmp", "cur", "gif", "ico", "pbm", "pgm", "png", "jpg",
+                        "jpeg", "ppm", "svg", "svgz", "xbm", "xpm")
+    ):
+        FreeCAD.newDocument()
+        FreeCADGui.insert(os.path.join(cfolder, f), FreeCAD.activeDocument().Name)
+        FreeCAD.activeDocument().recompute()
+    else:
+        FreeCADGui.loadFile(os.path.join(cfolder, f), mod)
     FreeCADGui.activeDocument().sendMsgToViews("ViewFit")
 
     from StartPage import StartPage
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadMRU.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadMRU.py
index 95421f095e..4de8c69c8c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadMRU.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadMRU.py
@@ -27,8 +27,23 @@ import FreeCADGui
 rf = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/RecentFiles")
 filename = rf.GetString("MRU"+str(MRU))
 ext = os.path.splitext(filename)[1].lower().strip(".")
-mod = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetString("DefaultImport"+ext, "")
-FreeCADGui.loadFile(filename, mod)
+mod = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetString(
+    "DefaultImport"+ext, ""
+)
+if (
+    ext.lower() in ("fcstd", "stp", "step", "iges", "igs")
+):
+    FreeCAD.loadFile(filename, mod)
+elif (
+    ext.lower() in ("bmp", "cur", "gif", "ico", "pbm", "pgm", "png", "jpg",
+                    "jpeg", "ppm", "svg", "svgz", "xbm", "xpm")
+):
+    FreeCAD.newDocument()
+    FreeCADGui.insert(filename, FreeCAD.activeDocument().Name)
+    FreeCAD.activeDocument().recompute()
+else:
+    FreeCADGui.loadFile(filename, mod)
+FreeCADGui.activeDocument().sendMsgToViews("ViewFit")
 
 from StartPage import StartPage
 StartPage.postStart()