1.80: ZIP Archive Folder Structure

[ckit]

Ever since I started using XnView 1.70.4 and higher the ZIP archives have always had a 2-level depth folder structure....

"viewer.windows\XnView\..."

Which means you have to climb through 2 folder levels before you get to the files you want to extract. Most Zip use a 0 level structure like...

"\..."

which allows you direct access to the files the instant you open the archive with your archiver (I use WinRAR 3.50 beta)

Any chance we can change to a 0 level structure for ZIP (and maybe even RAR) archives?

Current Workaround for WinRAR users:
Drag and Drop the files from WinRAR into your file manager (C:\Program Files\XnView)
Do NOT use "Extract To"

[xnview]

Ever since I started using XnView 1.70.4 and higher the ZIP archives have always had a 2-level depth folder structure....

"viewer.windows\XnView\..."

Which means you have to climb through 2 folder levels before you get to the files you want to extract. Most Zip use a 0 level structure like...

"\..."

which allows you direct access to the files the instant you open the archive with your archiver (I use WinRAR 3.50 beta)

Any chance we can change to a 0 level structure for ZIP (and maybe even RAR) archives?

Current Workaround for WinRAR users:
Drag and Drop the files from WinRAR into your file manager (C:\Program Files\XnView)
Do NOT use "Extract To"

It's an error that there is viewer.windows in .zip files!

[helmut]

Thank you ckit, for raising this. I think most people have downloaded the setup version and didn't even notice that there is a problem in the ZIP archive.

It's an error that there is viewer.windows in .zip files!

So the "viewer.windows" won't be there in the final version.

What is left and needs to be discussed is whether the folders should be \xnview\.. or just \... I'm a bit indifferent regarding this:
On one hand the extra directory takes away flexibility: If you have a version of XnView installed in C:\Program Files\XnView, already, you will not be able to unpack this to C:\Program Files\XnView New Version. You will have to unpack to another parent directory first and then move and rename your folder.

On the other hand the extra directory "xnview" prevents users from creating a real mess when unpacking XnView to C:\Program Files by accident.

What do other people think?

[Guest]

I prefer having XnView\ so that when installing for the first time I can just DragNDrop the XnView folder to install it.

[Freeware-User]

On the other hand the extra directory "xnview" prevents users from creating a real mess when unpacking XnView to C:\Program Files by accident.

I think the same, because that way accidents is prevented. Special for newbies. And i prefer the zip archive, for create a personal installer for my use, with personal settings, plugins, skins, etc.

Inté..

[ckit]

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