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by Peter G
Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: MP - Suggestions
Topic: Quick Search in the Subfolder names
Replies: 6
Views: 983

Re: Quick Search in the Subfolder names

Dear Michel,

I started to read your manual and installed Picasa... What else man can dream about! There is just everything one needs! The just impecable search and interface!!
by Peter G
Sat Jun 03, 2023 5:32 pm
Forum: MP - Suggestions
Topic: Quick Search in the Subfolder names
Replies: 6
Views: 983

Re: Quick Search in the Subfolder names

Hi! Thanks for advice!

But the folder trick will work only on the PC where it was made, if I open the folder from another PC I need to repeat this Cataloging again, and the xml export-import will not help.

I found that writing the folder name into the tag is already provided in XnView and you don ...
by Peter G
Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:12 am
Forum: MP - Suggestions
Topic: Quick Search in the Subfolder names
Replies: 6
Views: 983

Re: Quick Search in the Subfolder names

Good idea!

My workaround is impractical as all 30,000+ images have to be loaded first into the XnView every time to search among them...

I still remember French, will check your Catalogueing!

The best would be just to use the free "Everything" app for search in filenames with thumbnails as a view ...
by Peter G
Wed May 31, 2023 4:55 pm
Forum: MP - Suggestions
Topic: Quick Search in the Subfolder names
Replies: 6
Views: 983

Re: Quick Search in the Subfolder names

As a workaround I used the ExifTool to insert the folder name into every image XMP Subject tag using this command:

ExifTool -overwrite_originals -r "subject<directory" PARENT_DIR

Now the Quick Search works as it should.
by Peter G
Wed May 31, 2023 2:32 am
Forum: MP - Suggestions
Topic: Quick Search in the Subfolder names
Replies: 6
Views: 983

Quick Search in the Subfolder names

Hello,

Just turned to XnVeiw MP from many years of using FastStone Viewer only because of the "Show files in Subfolders" feature that is missing in FastStone.

But why the Quick Search function does not search in the Subfolder names? It was so frustrating to discover that!

I just simply use the ...