MS Power Toys

Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.

More documentation can be found here including a link to install the utilities on Windows 10 or 11.

One of the interesting features for photo organizers is a re-sizing tool that is integrated within Windows Explorer.

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