Please recommend an EXIF editor for JPG photographs. Here are the requirements:

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Please recommend an EXIF editor for JPG photographs.

Here are the requirements:

Must be able to edit the EXIF tags, not just view them
Must be freeware ("gratis")
Must be compatible with Windows 7 SP1
Must have a graphical user interface (cannot be a command-line tool)
Must not require installing additional scripting environments like Python.
Must not be abandon-ware (must be currently maintained by developer)
Must be reliable so that it will not corrupt images

Strongly prefer a recommendation that directly edits the EXIF tags without recompressing the image.

Open-source is a plus, but definitely not a requirement. Portable software is a plus, but also not a requirement.

Explanation / Answer

The answer to most of your points is the excellent Phil Harvey's ExifTool the only missing point is that it doesn't have a GUI in and of itself. There are, however, a number GUI's that work with ExifTool - personally I recommend pyExifGUI but you will also need to install python.

Must be able to edit the EXIF tags, not just view them - Yes
Must be freeware ("gratis") - Yes
Must be compatible with Windows 7 SP1 - Yes Cross platform
Must have a graphical user interface (cannot be a command-line tool) - Yes separately
Must not be abandon-ware (must be currently maintained by developer) - Yes Lots of commits in the last year.
Must be reliable so that it will not corrupt images - Yes I have not heard of many problems but the tool by default back the original file up as .orig

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