I’m so glad you are back!
You mentioned still not being able to resize photos I think, and that surprises me. (In bytes, I'm guessing?) Try the link below - I used to have it loaded on my computer, but have so many graphics programs, I eventually uninstalled it. It's a 'small' graphics editing program, free, and I'm pretty sure you can compress pictures in it. If you don't like it, of course you can always uninstall it. :)