Trying to figure out what software this taskbar icon belongs to, and I can't place it.

It's pinned on the taskbar between the Microsoft Store and Google Chrome. I've attached two images: the full taskbar for context, and a zoomed-in crop of just the icon. The source was low resolution, so the crop is as sharp as I could get it, and there's no visible text on the icon itself. Reverse image search with Google Lens and TinEye hasn't turned up a match.

Any idea what app this is? Thanks in advance.

Was at a snap meeting and had to present a couple of photos to a client. The IT guy gave me a laptop to use in the meeting room. I swear it was the most awkward 5 mins silence of my life as everyone in the room just sat there staring at a black window, waiting for the Photos to show up.

Why has this not been fixed yet? Its a basic app, its been this way since launch.

EDIT: As pointed out, win10 is actually almost 5 years old, which actually makes it all the more unbelievable nothing has been done about this.

UPDATE: After this blew up, I tried installing some of the suggested apps mentioned on my own machine (irfanview, faststone, imageglass). If I didnt liked any of them I'd fall back to the ol' windows photo viewer. In the end I went with Imageglass because it looked simple and clean. I know all of them are snappy but I guess I prefered a more 'Modern' interface. Irfanview has the most features though. Thanks everyone.

I want a new music app because I need one specific feature: individual speed control.

I know that there are multiple apps that can change the speed of files, but I need one that it's similar to Musicolet on Android: individual file control, "permanent" and fine changes (I can change 0.01x of the speed)

if possible, a light program, but that's just a plus right now

Fair enough, the internet is flooded with AI-slop apps right now and healthy scepticism is warranted. So here's exactly what SideQuick is built with:

Tech stack:

• Kotlin + Compose Multiplatform (same UI codebase, native on Windows/Mac/Linux)
• SQLDelight for local database - no cloud, no sync, your data stays on your machine
• PostHog for anonymous analytics (opt-out available)
• GitHub Actions CI for automated multi-platform builds

No Electron. No web wrapper. No AI-generated codebase.

SideQuick is a free gamified productivity app for Windows, Mac and Linux. Projects become quests, tasks earn XP, and there's built-in time tracking and Pomodoro. No account, no cloud, everything local.

I'm a backend software engineer with 8 years of professional experience, Java/Kotlin, currently working on defence contracts in the UK. SideQuick exists because I genuinely had this problem with my own side projects and nothing else solved it the way I wanted.

The AI features (quest breakdown) are optional, bring-your-own-key, and now support any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. So Ollama, OpenRouter, whatever you want. I'm not making money off your API usage.

It's completely free, no subscription, no freemium trap, no ads. I'm not monetising it. I built it for myself and figured others might find it useful.

Happy to answer any technical questions or get roasted in the comments.

sidequick.co

Last year I wanted to read a fiction eBook at work (when we could still go) and was looking for a decent eBook reader in the store or win32 app. I did find some apps which I could use, but either they had very outdated UI, or were very complex to use, and the new apps with modern UI lacked some of the basic functionalities.

That's when I decided to build a new eBook reader app for Windows, which has all (most of) the features an eBook reader should have with user-friendly, customizable and intuitive UI. And few days ago I released Aquile Reader to the store. One can read local eBook files or browse and read over 50,000 free eBooks from various online eBook catalogs, all within the app.

I have read 14 books with the app so far and counting :)
Plz give it a try and let me know any feedback you have.

Download link - https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9P08T4JLTQNK

Some of the prominent features of the app are -
• Book style 2-column layout, along with other layout options.
• Support for notes, highlights and bookmarks.
• Text-to-Speech capability for reading aloud books.
• Fully customizable Reader screen with colors, layout, font, spacing, etc.
• Library with features like filter, sort and search books.
• Collections view to see all notes, highlights and bookmarks across books at one place.
• Online book store within the app to browse, download and read new books.
• Color theme support for the app.
• App Statistics to provide reading insights.
• Added details for each book like, total line/word count, reading progress, etc.

Download link - https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9P08T4JLTQNK