Unable to re-open XnView

[irvingpond]

I run Windows 10 on a Toshiba laptop that was purchased new in 2015 and am using XnView version 2.39 as my default viewer for jpg files. When I try to re-open XnView the program is stuck on the last folder I viewed. I have to use Windows Explorer to stop XnView. To see a jpg file I need to find it in Windows Explorer and click on it. XnView works then and I can see the file. Is there a way to recover the capacity to access jpg files directly from XnView? Jim

[helmut]

Welcome to the XnView forum, Jim, and thank you for posting your issue.

ATM, I'm not quite clear what exactly your problem is:
When starting XnView it is XnView's default behaviour to open the browser in the last used directory. Do you want XnView to open up always in the same directory? If yes, you can specify the directory in Tools > Options | General | Operations. There is the setting "Startup Directory".

Could you please specify in some more detail the steps that did work for your in the past. Which of these steps no longer work?

[irvingpond]

Hello helmut,

I've used XnView for years but recently find that when I re-open XnView the program cannot re-open. If it went back to the last folder I viewed that would be fine, but XnView cannot open that file. I'm accessing a directory with about 8000 folders that contain about 41,000 files, and the total size is 30G. Someone told me my filenames are too long, but I've created long file names for years without a problem before.

Jim

[irvingpond]

The step that no longer works is when I turn on my computer and then click on XnView to open the the program. XnView tries to open but it cannot open the last file I viewed. I need to use Task Manager to shut down XnView. If I access a jpg file using Explorer XnView opens and works normally.

[cday]

The step that no longer works is when I turn on my computer and then click on XnView to open the the program. XnView tries to open but it cannot open the last file I viewed. I need to use Task Manager to shut down XnView. If I access a jpg file using Explorer XnView opens and works normally.

You're saying that under Windows 10 [current build?] XnView in effect freezes?

[irvingpond]

Yes. XnView freezes using Windows 10.

[xnview]

Yes. XnView freezes using Windows 10.

You have this problem since windows 10? How many characters do you have in your pathname?

[irvingpond]

A long pathname may have 155 characters.

[irvingpond]

Yes, XnView's inability to open started with Windows 10.

[xnview]

Yes, XnView's inability to open started with Windows 10.

the problem is only when open from windows explorer an image file into XnView, right?

[irvingpond]

Le probleme arrive quand j'essaye d'ouvrir XnView. XnView essaye d'ouvrir le dernier fichier vu mais il n'arrive pas. Il tourne et tourne. Pour voir un fichier avec XnView j'utilise Windows Explorateur, trouver le jpg et cliquer. Comme XnView est le defaut programme pour voir un ficheir jpg, il s'ouvre.

[xnview]

Le probleme arrive quand j'essaye d'ouvrir XnView. XnView essaye d'ouvrir le dernier fichier vu mais il n'arrive pas. Il tourne et tourne. Pour voir un fichier avec XnView j'utilise Windows Explorateur, trouver le jpg et cliquer. Comme XnView est le defaut programme pour voir un ficheir jpg, il s'ouvre.

Quand vous lancez XnView depuis l'icone, il essaye d'ouvrir la derniere image, mais XnView ne le fait pas (uniquement XnViewMP avec les sessions)

[irvingpond]

Oui c'est ça. XnView essaye d'ouvrir le dernier fichier. Il n'arrive pas et j'utilise Task Manager d'arreter XnView. Au meme temps, si je passe par Windows Explorateur et selectionne un fichier jpg il s'ouvre avec XnView. (Je ne comprends pas la question de XnViewMP.)

[xnview]

Oui c'est ça. XnView essaye d'ouvrir le dernier fichier. Il n'arrive pas et j'utilise Task Manager d'arreter XnView. Au meme temps, si je passe par Windows Explorateur et selectionne un fichier jpg il s'ouvre avec XnView. (Je ne comprends pas la question de XnViewMP.)

vous etes bien sur que c'est XnView 2.39 et non XnViewMP? Car XnView ne charge pas l'ancienne image.

[irvingpond]

Oui, c'est XnView for Windows 2.39 (Nov 8, 2016).