In case you are looking for a lightweight picture viewer that can search all your drives for pictures then Regards may just do the trick for you. The software installs instantly without taking any significant about of disk space and is quite easy to navigate. It has an excellent drive viewer that allows you to seamlessly explore your computer for picture files.

The software supports nearly all popular picture formats. The interface is quite neat and easy on the eye. The opening screen presents a 3 sectional view which consists of the drive explorer, the picture viewer and icon viewer. The software has a good picture editor which allows for customizing the pictures. You can easily create your own catalogue. The numerous filter options available can be used to modify the selected quite efficiently.

The view search tool is allows you associate multiple keywords. You can even specify the dimensions of the picture you are looking for. Similarly the criteria management tool also is very helpful for advanced users. The software also includes a thumbnail generator which does a very decent job. You can easily specify the dimension and picture format. The software incidentally has a good picture format conversion tool that allows you to effortlessly convert entire folders. It also includes an efficient album manger though which you an even manage images on your digital camera. The photo acquisition mode also allows you to instantly choose the output mode. It gives an option for compacting the catalogue data. The basic mp3 player is also quite useful while managing music files. Only possible draw back of regards is that novice users could have done with a more detailed help file.

Regards packs in quite a punch in its small size. It’s a great piece of software to have for managing pictures, PDF files, mp3 files etc.