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i'm looking for an image viewer for w11

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hi

i'm looking for an image viewer for windows 11

I'm thinking to install or use the portable version of irfanview , it's faster free and it could be even portable, but what i don't like are the image file icons (explorer or operation system icons for example for jpg or gif or other file format) , they are so ugly

do you use the built in image apps or an external software ?

thanks

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On 24/02/2024 at 10:51, drugo said:

hi

i'm looking for an image viewer for windows 11

I'm thinking to install or use the portable version of irfanview , it's faster free and it could be even portable, but what i don't like are the image file icons (explorer or operation system icons for example for jpg or gif or other file format) , they are so ugly

do you use the built in image apps or an external software ?

thanks

I could not switch to any other Image Viewer program after I met Google Picasa (although it is long abandoned), none of the other programs look and feel is comes even close to it.

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On 24/02/2024 at 09:50, ShadowLight said:

I could not switch to any other Image Viewer program after I met Google Picasa (although it is long abandoned), none of the other programs look and feel is comes even close to it.

hi , but can you still find picassa ?

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On 24/02/2024 at 08:57, adrynalyne said:

I use ImageGlass. 

 

On 24/02/2024 at 10:07, Xahid said:

I use, JPEGview, for quick image viewer, and for Gallery access, I use ImageGlass. excellent combination

hi

JPEGview , it's impressive fast and imageGlass is great  

i did not know about imageglass ,is the zip portable?

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On 24/02/2024 at 10:46, protocol7 said:

I used Pictureflect here. There's a pro version but the free version was all I needed.

hi , again i have never used , seems a great software

i used to know only irfanview ,honeyview and FastStone MaxView

are impressive fast too ,portable too , but the icons are very ugly

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On 24/02/2024 at 17:34, drugo said:

wow

where have you found? 

and to open a single image?

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 To open a single image just make picasa default file handler for the types you want from windows settings or right click file select 'open with' from context menu then select picasa and select default check box.

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On 24/02/2024 at 04:46, protocol7 said:

I used Pictureflect here. There's a pro version but the free version was all I needed.

I've used Pictureflect (and the previous version which had a different name) for many years going back to Windows 8 (or maybe it was the very early years of Windows 10).  Overall, it works very well.  I do change a couple of settings regarding the view/zoom level when you open an image. I've also never needed the Pro version, though I probably should buy it or donate to help the developer since I've used this app so long on many PCs.

I also do use ImageGlass and have used that for a year or two.
 

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On 24/02/2024 at 05:42, ShadowLight said:

https://picasa.en.uptodown.com/windows/post-download/106923633

I've found UpToDown.com quite slick for finding old versions of software that they have archived.  In my experience, I've found the files to be legit, the original files and not altered (based on checking the hash checksums of files).
 

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For an extra layer of checking, you can always submit the file to VirusTotal
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

My backup of Google Picasa 3.9.141.259 installer has a SHA value in case anyone's interested.
SHA2-256 482C1A547D8D3AA25EE446D30EA986DE63EF8C8D68B8D1109DD3D9B714E73E08
It's passes VirusTotal & Eset scanning

I make it a habit to squirreling away the full installers of software that may be going away - when they announce it's going to be discounted is the perfect time.
Another example when Google owned the Nik photo software collection, I knew DXO was going to stop giving it away for free.

 

 

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On 24/02/2024 at 21:42, Eternal Tempest said:

For an extra layer of checking, you can always submit the file to VirusTotal

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

 

My backup of Google Picasa 39141259 installer has a SHA value in case anyone's interested.

SHA2-256 482C1A547D8D3AA25EE446D30EA986DE63EF8C8D68B8D1109DD3D9B714E73E08

 

 

File downloaded from the url İ provided has the digital certificate signed by Google, which can be checked by right clicking file and selecting properties. And latest version released by Google.

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On 24/02/2024 at 13:50, ShadowLight said:

File downloaded from the url İ provided has the digital certificate signed by Google, which can be checked by right clicking file and selecting properties. And latest version released by Google.

Very good to know, I also wondered if I had the last released version.

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On 24/02/2024 at 16:56, JayZJay said:

I've found UpToDown.com quite slick for finding old versions of software that they have archived.  In my experience, I've found the files to be legit, the original files and not altered (based on checking the hash checksums of files).
 

 

On 24/02/2024 at 19:42, Eternal Tempest said:

For an extra layer of checking, you can always submit the file to VirusTotal
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

My backup of Google Picasa 3.9.141.259 installer has a SHA value in case anyone's interested.
SHA2-256 482C1A547D8D3AA25EE446D30EA986DE63EF8C8D68B8D1109DD3D9B714E73E08
It's passes VirusTotal & Eset scanning

I make it a habit to squirreling away the full installers of software that may be going away - when they announce it's going to be discounted is the perfect time.
Another example when Google owned the Nik photo software collection, I knew DXO was going to stop giving it away for free.

 

 

 

On 24/02/2024 at 19:50, ShadowLight said:

File downloaded from the url İ provided has the digital certificate signed by Google, which can be checked by right clicking file and selecting properties. And latest version released by Google.

hi

i have downlaoded and the hash is 

picasa-3-9-141-259.exe >
  MD5: F5E535745F0E2140C31623DF8F9AD746
  SHA-1: B3F7E2EE168811CB1D924EB34AFE2B0D8153F89F
  SHA-256: 482C1A547D8D3AA25EE446D30EA986DE63EF8C8D68B8D1109DD3D9B714E73E08


should be safe ?

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When downloading discontinued installers, I always try the Wayback Machine first. That way I'm downloading the files archived from the source website.

Here's the last installer for Picasa3.9 and the md5 matches the one posted above for picasa-3-9-141-259.exe.

 

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On 25/02/2024 at 09:41, techguru1 said:

xnview

faststone image viewer

Also good recommendations.  I've used FastStone Capture since 2006 and had a family license since early 2012.  I've never quite cared for XNView or FastStone Image Viewer personally, but both do work pretty well.

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On 25/02/2024 at 10:56, protocol7 said:

When downloading discontinued installers, I always try the Wayback Machine first. That way I'm downloading the files archived from the source website.

Here's the last installer for Picasa3.9 and the md5 matches the one posted above for picasa-3-9-141-259.exe.

 

Yes, this strategy is always worth trying first before resorting to trying File Hippo, UpToDown.com, or any other 3rd party site. You might be able to download the last version or one of the last versions from an archive of the original site before it went dark.  I've had pretty good success with using Internet Archive (Wayback Machine), especially for sites that were reasonably well-known and/or popular.  Sometimes even the lesser-known websites had visitors and were archived.

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On 25/02/2024 at 17:09, drugo said:

 

 

hi

i have downlaoded and the hash is 

picasa-3-9-141-259.exe >
  MD5: F5E535745F0E2140C31623DF8F9AD746
  SHA-1: B3F7E2EE168811CB1D924EB34AFE2B0D8153F89F
  SHA-256: 482C1A547D8D3AA25EE446D30EA986DE63EF8C8D68B8D1109DD3D9B714E73E08


should be safe ?

thanks

yes

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Bonus Tip: Use Default Programs Editor to change the icon with a nice GUI independently of the default program association: https://defaultprogramseditor.com/

Since Windows 95, the Explorer Shell supports this capability :)

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