XnView Software

I can't reproduce. Please send us the crash dump and specify this thread's link or email


I have just confirmed many times that if you open two separate programs and one of them renames any image in the browser, the program will pop up immediately with the following error.

P.S. ver1.9.3 64bit ...

I have just confirmed many times that if you open two separate programs and one of them renames any image in the browser, the program will pop up immediately with the following error.

P.S. ver1.9.3 64bit windows

Improvements to the Find Similar Files feature:
1) Add folders to select multiple folders
2) Folders can now exclude subfolders from selection

user0 wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 4:26 am

alee001 wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 4:24 am it is not possible to filter by selecting multiple categories

in Catalog filter pane
Ctrl - include
Alt - exclude

Thanks for the introduction, but this method cannot filter/extract certain pictures that have multiple categories.

An image can be tagged with multiple categories, but it is not possible to filter by selecting multiple categories. I hope this feature can be added.

user0 wrote: Tue Aug 19, 2025 6:05 am Browser tab > Tools > Find similar files...

It does not have the functionality I described.

If you can input a picture and search the database (folder) by similarity, like Google's image search, I believe it will be very useful.

In the end, you can only choose to ignore the installation of the file XnViewShellExt64.dll (not recommended). Please follow up.

You can install XnViewShellExt with standalone setup


P.S. The Chinese-English translation defect in v1.9.2 is still not resolved.

No news from translator ...

v1.9.x is too unstable, so I can only install v1.8.8 now. It also has XnViewShellExt64.dll but does not require closing the file manager or restarting the system.

1.9.1 is stable, please try it, there is no change in the setup for XnViewShellExt64.dll


I just tried to install v1.9.2, closing ...

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the program. Do you want me to uninstall XnView MP and use XnView Class instead?

No uninstall and reinstall XnView MP 1.9.1


v1.9.x is too unstable, so I can only install v1.8.8 now. It also has XnViewShellExt64.dll but does not require closing the ...

Do you have always 3) and 3a)?

In 1.9.1?


Even if you update the version, I don't need to restart Windows, and I won't be asked to close the application.
As shown in the above picture, even if you reinstall v1.9.1, I can't complete it in both options.

Uninstall XnView, reboot, and install ...

I am very disappointed with the two installations, because the v1.8.8 version did not ask me to close the application, and there will be no such serious bug. So now I can only install v1.8.8 without upgrading.

The update of XnViewShellExt64.dll needs to restart windows, it was always like ...

Thanks, please check XnView MP 1.9.1 .

I'm not able to reproduce the problem with PgUp/PgDown, please describe how to reproduce?


I just tried to install v1.9.1, and it asked me to close the application (see picture). I followed the instructions to install it:

1) Do not close the application ...

2）Because the information involves personal privacy, it is inconvenient to share
3) Version v1.8.8 does not have this problem, but after upgrading to v1.9.0, serious image display problems immediately occurred.

We need the xnview.ini to be able to reproduce, you can remove all paths/filenames ...

Exactly the same situation as follow post:

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