1/15/2018: 

Q:  What do you recommend for freeware digital image editing software
A:  Irfanview:  http://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm
     Xnview:  https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/

Here is a link to a web page that discusses both of these freeware utilities and has some screen shots: 
https://winaero.com/blog/three-impressive-alternatives-to-photo-viewer-in-windows-10/