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Old 11-20-2009, 06:36 AM   #1
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Power Toys for W7?

Can anyone tell me if there is an equivalent program for Windows 7 that compares with Windows XP Power Toys?
I am looking for something that will allow me to easily reduce the file size of a jpeg. This worked great with XP and I am hoping something similar is available for W7.

I have looked at a few but they are all 'Free Trial' versions, and then you send in the $30 to $50 annual fee later. I don't need it that bad.
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Old 11-20-2009, 07:02 AM   #2
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I don't know what you consider "easy", but MS Paint will do it.
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Old 11-20-2009, 08:03 AM   #3
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I don't know what you consider "easy", but MS Paint will do it.
Thanks, but I have and use Capture NX to reduce the file size now. The Power Toy with XP was a lot less trouble and I was hoping there is something like that.
I am beginning to think nothing has been developed yet. I understand Power Toys was something developed by employees of Microsoft and not officially supported by MS.
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Old 11-20-2009, 06:44 PM   #4
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I wonder if irfanview runs on Win7. I was surprised to find it ran on Vista.
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Stardock comes to mind, you can email this company and they will get back with you pretty fast.
http://www.stardock.com/
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Try this here it's called Prish Image Resizer http://www.powerhourgame.com/windows...ge_resizer.htm

It's free and I use it to resize a bunch of pix just like I did with XP
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PicSizer is free and works great.
http://picsizer.uptodown.com/en/
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Old 11-22-2009, 08:19 PM   #8
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PicSizer is free and works great.
http://picsizer.uptodown.com/en/
Thanks, but that one is not going to work for me.
With the old PowerToy for XP all I had to do was right click an image and the drop down had a resize choice. It was then make the choice of large, medium, or smaller and I was done. I do not want to resize an entire folder or batch of photos, but rather just one at a time and get it done quickly.
So far, none of the suggestions are what I want, but thanks for the ideas and suggestions guys.
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I know this is an old thread but here is the old XP Clone adapted to W7

Image Resizer for Windows - Download: Image Resizer 2.1
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I know this is an old thread but here is the old XP Clone adapted to W7

Image Resizer for Windows - Download: Image Resizer 2.1
I just downloaded this and tried it on my win7-64bit on my laptop and wow almost like the xp power toy program! Pretty cool
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