Drive letters or paths need to be added to include these in the automatic operation. Tags and ratings are preserved in the database when files are moved or copied.Īnother new option is found under Settings: 'Pre-scan folders into thumbnail databases' will scan selected folders or drives automatically, even before they are accessed by the user. The new FastStone Image Viewer 7.6 supports two additional sorting options: date and tagged.

Options to display greater or equal, or less than or equal, ratings are provided as well. Use the keyboard shortcut Shift-1 to Shift-5 to apply the filter quickly Shift-0 displays all unrated images. Select the new ratings filter option to display images that match a specific rating or a rating range. The rating system would not be very useful if you could not use it to filter images in the application. Ratings can be removed with the shortcut Alt-0, and the same options are available in the right-click menu under Ratings. The keyboard shortcuts Alt-1 to Alt-5 may be used to assign ratings to files in the application from that moment on. Ratings are not enabled by default, selecting Rating > Enable File Rating unlocks the functionality. It is a basic one, as it allows you to assign ratings between 1 and 5 to files. The second improvement comes in form of a new rating system. The program's startup time, folder tree creation and network folder access have also been improved and users should notice improvements in these areas. The database is not mentioned, but it promises better performance, capacity and reliability according to the release notes. One of the main changes of FastStone Image Viewer 7.6 is that a new database engine is used. It is offered as a portable version that does not need to be installed and as an installer that installs the program on the system.Įxisting users may notice the performance improvement right after they have upgraded the application to the latest version. While it is a point release, it could have been a major version release as well thanks to its new features and improvements.įastStone Image Viewer 7.6 is already available on the official website. The new version is the first release since the release of FastStone Image Viewer 7.5 in March 2020. FastStone Image Viewer 7.6 is the latest version of the free (for home use) image viewer for Microsoft Windows devices.

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