Though it will not get any more feature updates, you can go on using the version from Windows Essentials 2012 because security updates won’t matter much in your image viewer.
Photo Gallery has long been a favorite for organizing, viewing, and editing photos. RELATED: Learning Windows 7: Manage Photos with Live Photo Gallery The Best Alternatives to Windows Photo Gallery All three are free-or have free versions-and have been around long enough to develop full feature sets.
And if you want to check out third party options, we recommend taking a look at eM Client, Mailbird, and Thunderbird.