A blazing fast ultra-light photo viewer replacement for Windows. Works similar to Picasa Photo Viewer.
Fly Photos is one of the fastest photo viewers for Windows, designed as a modern replacement for the now-discontinued Google Picasa Photo Viewer. Built with WinUI 3, WinRT, and Win2D, it delivers smooth animations, instant startup, and an efficient viewing experience.
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✨ New Features & Improvements
- Rename the current photo with F2. (#204)
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts. New Shortcuts tab in Settings. (#209)
- Mouse now has its own Settings tab. (#209)
- Custom window background - pick any color with a color picker. (#235)
- Photo Info panel now reads DDS texture details - dimensions, format, texture type, mipmap count and alpha mode, with the raw header fields under Show All. (#231)
- Multi-frame ICO files open like a multi-page image - page through every frame with the existing multi-page controls, largest resolution first. (#223)
- Explorer right-click menu now follows the Windows light/dark setting. (#222)
- The bottom panel's auto-hide hot zone is now sized to the panel itself instead of a fixed 30% of the screen height. (#216)
- EXIF info panel remembers its view mode (Summary / Show All).
🐞 Bug Fixes
- Fixed photos opening in the wrong order when launched from Explorer. (#228)
- Fixed WebP and other files under 16 KB failing to load from SMB/network drives with "Invalid File". Network reads are faster too. (#215)
- Fixed mouse wheel navigation showing a low-res frame before high-res even when the photo was already in the high-res cache. (#213)
❓ FAQ
Got questions, or running into an issue? Please check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page for quick answers and troubleshooting steps.
Thanks to everyone who reported issues and suggested improvements. Looking forward to your feedback on this release.
| Publisher | RYF Tools |
|---|---|
| Author | riyasy |
| Version | 2.7.2 |
| Release date | 2026-08-29 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Installer type | wix |
| Architecture | x64, arm64 |
| Package ID | riyasy.FlyPhotos |
| Install scope | All users |
winget install --id=riyasy.FlyPhotos -ewinget upgrade --id=riyasy.FlyPhotos -ewinget uninstall --id=riyasy.FlyPhotos -emsiexec /i "FlyPhotosInstaller_2.7.2_x64.msi" /quiet /norestartmsiexec /x {F9F50C7A-8984-4CF5-AABC-90964B5739C9} /quietSilent install switches for more Windows programs »
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✨ New Features & Improvements
- Thumbnail strip is animated. Turn On in Settings. (#191)
- Added an EXIF info panel (Invoke using I key or More button). (#196)
- Added a More toolbar button (M key) consolidating commands like Print, Share etc and earlier external APP shortcut panel.
- Use shortcut key E for the old external app shortcut panel.
- Added Arabic (ar-SA) language with RTL layout except for thumbnail bar and navigation. (#107)
- Enter key now toggles maximize/restore. (#143)
- Double-click outside the image maximizes the window based on setting. (#143)
- Scroll wheel navigates (instead of zooming) when left button is held down (#143)
- Full Screen Close button also respects "Auto Hide Caption Buttons" setting (#206)
- New Shortcut P shows Print Dialog if format supported by Windows. Windows cannot natively print many formats.
- Zoom percent indicator uses tabular numerals to prevent the label from shivering in width.
- Reduced memory allocation overhead when loading HEIC/AVIF images, improving performance for large files.
- Ongoing refactoring - Extracted photo list, prefetch cache, and clipboard handling out of the core display controller for improved maintainability and stability. (#184)
🐞 Bug Fixes
- Fixed Setting screen icons rendering wrong or as boxes in Windows 10. (#200)
- Fixed an issue where RAW decoder toggle or priority order change not reflecting on current photo. …
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If you are using MSI to install, IN-PLACE UPGRADE will not work. Please uninstall previous version and install the new version. Your settings won't be affected.
This update brings lot of features. Please go through the list carefully.
✨ New Features & Improvements
- AI translations for UI added for languages - German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Malayalam. Please suggest corrections at #107
- MSI Installer Improvements (#110, #41, #56, #91, #2)
- FlyPhotos now appears in the standard Windows “Open with” menu when we right click an image.
This makes the previous always-visible “Open with Fly” windows classic context-menu entry unnecessary.
- The “Open with Fly” windows classic context-menu option is now optional during MSI installation.
- A Desktop shortcut and Start Menu shortcut are now created during installation.
- Show Current Filename on Taskbar (#108)
- External App Shortcuts: Support for Store Apps & Regular Apps (#106)
Many store apps doesn't support commandline arguments and may not be able to open photos correctly.
- Frozen Background Follows Dark/Light Theme (#104)
- Consistent App Naming Everywhere to FlyPhotos (no more Fly Photos) (#105)
- Window Preview Icon Issue (#109)
Fixed a problem with the taskbar/window preview icon not displaying correctly in some situations. …
Yes. Fly Photos is free and open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license.
The latest version is 2.7.2, released on Aug 29, 2026.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 878fcd5114e976b04a00d40b1d64177ac1ff947a3b2cfcda5865765beaece63c.
Fly Photos runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64), ARM64 systems.
Run the offline installer with msiexec /i "FlyPhotosInstaller_2.7.2_x64.msi" /quiet /norestart, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=riyasy.FlyPhotos -e --silent.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Fly Photos and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=riyasy.FlyPhotos -e.
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