1. I don't think so.
2. Recast time isn't available in the Dynamicdata.
3. I use the NVIDIA thumbnail tool to just see all the DDS files as thumbnails if I need to.
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/d...il_viewer.html
I use the DirectX Texture Tool as a quick way to look at DDS files. It comes with the Microsoft DirectX SDK but you might be able to install it by itself.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/de.../dxtextool.asp