Hello, I'm sorry if this question has been asked before. I discovered it by accident: I have a folder with 3 JPGs and 6 PNGs, but XnView 2.39's browser only shows 3 JPGs and 3 PNGs, the other 3 PNGs seem to be "hidden". (They aren't set to hidden as far as my Win10 is concerned).
The View Mode also displays only the 6 pictures when I cycle through them, however, I am able to open the "hidden" files by double clicking them in Win10 (XnView is my default picture viewer). Once I do that, I'm able to cycle through all 9 pictures. But if I return to browse mode, it's back to 6 again.
So what's my problem? Thanks!
I could upload the problematic PNGs if necessary.
Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView browser?
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Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Welcome to the forum, arrivest.
What is you configuration for View → Filter By?
What is you configuration for View → Filter By?
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Thanks XnTriq.
It's always been set to Filter by Images. I tested other filters after seeing your reply. If set to All, it does show all 9 images. If set to Images, then it shows 6. If set to any of the rest filters, it shows no files, which means the 3 missing PNGs are not videos, sounds, or archives.
It's always been set to Filter by Images. I tested other filters after seeing your reply. If set to All, it does show all 9 images. If set to Images, then it shows 6. If set to any of the rest filters, it shows no files, which means the 3 missing PNGs are not videos, sounds, or archives.
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Please try deactivating Recognize only by extension (Tools → Options... → File List → Misc.).arrivest wrote:If set to All, it does show all 9 images. If set to Images, then it shows 6. If set to any of the rest filters, it shows no files, which means the 3 missing PNGs are not videos, sounds, or archives.
Note: You'll have to point the browser to another folder for this setting to take effect.
Could you please post a screenshot of your settings in Tools → Options... → File List → File List → Custom files, if that doesn't help?
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Thanks very much XnTriq. Deactivating "recognize only by extension" does help!
What's the reason for that? My PNGs didn't have strange file names. They were just xxxxxxx.PNG
What's the reason for that? My PNGs didn't have strange file names. They were just xxxxxxx.PNG
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Sometimes images have a wrong file name extension: Your PNGs might in fact be JPEGs or GIFs.arrivest wrote:What's the reason for that?
Deactivating Recognize only by extension forces XnView to identify the image format by scanning the file header for a signature. This slows down thumbnail generation slightly.
Requests for automatically renaming files with wrong extensions: Classic | MP
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
You're welcome