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From: Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Photos (Jpg, Png-viewer) --- i don't like it because it launches sluggishly...
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On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:47:38 -0600, Tilde <invalide@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>Tony Cooper wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:19:17 -0700, HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>
>>> There is a  (Windows) tool called  Photos (Jpg, Png-viewer)  --- i don't
>>> like it
>>> because it launches  sluggishly....
>>>
>>> Esp. in the last 5 days or so, i'm noticing that almost every day
>>> i have to go to Properties to  change it back to
>>> my fav. Jpg, Png-viewer tool
>>>
>>> because the Windows update (?) is  pushing  Photos  on me.
>>>
>>>                            is there a Fix for this???
>> 
>> I have thousands of images from .jpgs to .pngs on my computer.  I use
>> the (free) FastStone Photo Viewer.  It's not only a great image
>> viewer, but offers many other options from selecting by tagged images
>> to bulk re-naming.  It's set as my default viewer.
>> 
>> https://www.faststone.org/
>
>https://www.irfanview.com/

I have both Faststone and Irfanview, and I like Faststone better. 

What I remember last using Irfanview for was when I wanted
to change the default orientation of some pictures that were
usually wrong (downloaded from my off-brand phone). 

IIRC, Faststone would rotate them okay for PC display by Faststone, 
but they would be wrong when uploaded to Face Book. 

>
>I'm on windows 10, once installed I have to jump
>through a couple of hoops to make it the default
>but that's a one time thing. My one nit to pick is
>that it doesn't have an auto update feature.

I remember spending a lot of time before I figured out how to
stop Onedrive, their automatic backup to the cloud, from 
acting and from pestering me. (Run the program and find
the turn-off option.) 

-- 
Rich Ulrich