How Can I get My Windows7 interface to look like this?

madmansam said:

open any picture from a folder > using microsoft office picture manager > go to view > choose film strip .. good luck

I had a trial copy of MS Office pre-installed on a new Dell PC. It is now over the 60 day trial period but he MS Office picture manager works fine. The filmstrip works to. Thanks for that madmansam

badspell68 said:

Can picture Manager be installed without office....I use an older version and prefer it?

Have a look here and see if it works:
Free Microsoft Office Picture Manager Download

badspell68 said:

From what I see it does not look like it will simulate the picture flow of XP. Can't find the download location either?

Well it looks like XP on my system. Try downloading a 60 day trial copy of Office. The picture manager will continue to work after the 60 days.

How about:

Photo Film Strip free

This is getting tiresome. First and most importantly; I sincerely do thank all of you for trying to help. I truly mean this. Thank you for the effort—sincerely.

I’m not looking for a way to put a film border around a thumbnail, I’m not looking for a picture manager, and the preview pane is not, “the same thing.” 3D and 2D art is a hobby I take serious. As far a photo managers go, XnView is as close as I can get to what I want. But it is kind of useless to have a program that opens folders for me. I want to be able to open the folder and use it like I could in XP.

Here is the problem I am having with Windows 7. (The Filmstrip View) that was featured in XP is not available in Windows 7. What I liked and needed and used (The Filmstrip View) for was — I could double click on a folder that contained my art, open a folder, see it, organize it, select a image and the right click and open it with a program.

Bottom Line — I want to be able to open a folder containing my art and see it as I could in the XP Filmstrip View.