>I need to find a small utility that would be capable of displaying my images in rotation such as every 10 seconds, from multiple directories, in a small window on the desktop. I would like something close to a DIVX player which can do this with movies. I would like to obtain the same for JPG files as a viewer for enternainment purposes.
Try downloading the free IrfanView, and look at the "Slideshow" option. You can run it directly from IrfanView, or save it as a separate EXE. I am not sure whether this has all the options you require, but you might give it a try.
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