XnView Software

Ok, thanks for confirm. So, back to Q2 - if I start the app pointing to the unique folder xnviewUSB.ini, do I need to edit any entries in that .ini to point the app to the local USB files (.db, .keys etc), rather than the defaults at .config/xnviewmp folder?

You can start XnView with defaults ...

which linux ditribution do you have?

JimPhoto wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:30 pm Q3 Finally, can I start up xnviewmp with the command line argument -ini xnviewUSB.ini to get each session to reflect the customizations unique to each USB drive?

If you use different .ini on different folder, you need to start it like that.

I've tried with your .hif file, and it works for

pulancho wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:32 am Make
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See issue for current status and some details.

IconRedesigner wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 8:04 pm I have the same issue trying to convert from PNG or WEBP.

XnConvert Version 1.105.0 - x64 (Apr 16 2025) - Libformat version 7.221

which error do you have?

ok, thanks, i can reproduce with 'Save as' & 'Save copy'. 'Save' will overwrite the file and keep overlay.

Tim? wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 11:53 am The message board doesn't allow .ini or .txt files, and it's almost 700 lines, so I didn't want to paste it directly. Looking for any specific location in the file?

you can send it by PM or mail

aboy wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:45 pm Bug in the latest ver. 4.2.0.0: some mysterious "f" (placeholder?) in context menu instead of the image size

right

i've tried to change maker on DSC01143.HIF, and it works.
ExifTool has problem with makernotes for IMG_0054.HEIC

TGB_72 wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 8:40 pm Hello Pierre, I made a fresh OS and XnviewMP installation and the issue seems to be gone, at least v1.92.works fine just like v1.8.0, thanks for your support.

do you have always the old xnview.ini?

I have to do Metadata > Update catalogue from files to make the Category become selected in the Categories panel and the Has Category Overlay icon appear on the thumbnail. Should I have to do Metadata > Update catalogue from files?

you don't need to do that, overlay will be added automatically ...

In my original ini where categories aren't working, categoryStatus="1,1,0,0,1,1"
With the new ini file, this line reads categoryStatus="1,1,0,1,0,1"

It's the status of expanded group


So still not exactly sure what "broke", but creating the new ini seemed to fix the issue. Any idea why ...

ThXto1138 wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 8:01 am Why? Is that technically totally and absolutly nessecary? Is it an unreasonable effort to maintain this backward compatibility? What would not be able to develop in XnView when it has that backward compatibility?

The UI component is no more compatible with Windows 7, only Windows 10+

Very strange, could you try to rename your xnview.ini?