0.96.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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0.96.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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Well, the subject says it all...

If I start XnViewMP while the categories filter pane has been activated, the latter is completely empty.
If I switch to another pane, and then back to categories filter all is shown (Rating, Colour Label etc.)

Win7Prof 64 bit
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Re: 0.9.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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you can reproduce at each startup?
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Re: 0.9.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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Yes. At evey XnView's startup.
I even did a Win startup in-between (you never know).

Would like to annotate that only yesterday I installed XnView
for the very first time ... so wouldn't have occation to damage too much since...

Can't you reproduce?
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Re: 0.9.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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... one more annotation:

I do as non-admin...
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Re: 0.9.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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on windows 10, i can't. please try to rename the xnview.ini?
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Re: 0.9.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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xnview wrote: Thu May 14, 2020 2:52 pm on windows 10, i can't. please try to rename the xnview.ini?
It's (only) located in my user folder.
I have full access.
No problems in renaming.
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Re: 0.9.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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nji9 wrote: Thu May 14, 2020 3:53 pm
xnview wrote: Thu May 14, 2020 2:52 pm on windows 10, i can't. please try to rename the xnview.ini?
It's (only) located in my user folder.
I have full access.
No problems in renaming.
and if you restart?
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Re: 0.96.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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Oh, I thought you had a rights problem in mind, so re-re-named before start.

OK, rename, start => produces a new ini (14k, instead of 17k), error gone.

Strange, I absolutely did no mystic things in that one day since installation.
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Re: 0.96.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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It worked for some time.
Then, without having done anything "unusual" in the last session,
when restarting the pane is empty again
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Re: 0.96.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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is it possible to have your xnview.ini?
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Re: 0.96.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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nji9 wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 1:01 pmSent as pm
Strange, in the settings, 'category filter' panel is not visible, if i use your settings on Win7, at first startup the 'category filter' is empty, but as soon as i click on 'Folder' tab and 'Category filter', and quit, all will be ok on next startup...
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Re: 0.96.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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Yes, I make the same experience:
Sometimes (most times) it is not there, sometimes it is there again.
Only one thing is for sure:
If I SWITCH TO the categories pane, it is never empty.
The effect only occurs (sometimes) when starting up MP and the pane is activated already.
Maybe of any help for you?
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Re: 0.96.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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Can confirm on XnView MP 1.8.8

I can't confirm it on newer version because PortableApps.com didn't released yet XnView MP 1.9.2, so I apologise for that, but I firmly believe that 1.9.2 is affected too.

It's really annoying, so I hope that it will be fixed soon. And it is called Catalog Filter, not Categories Filter.

Screenshot showing the issue:

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Re: 0.96.2, 64 bit, Starting the app categories filter pane is empty

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Alexandra0056 wrote: Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:01 pm I can't confirm it on newer version because PortableApps.com didn't released yet XnView MP 1.9.2, so I apologise for that, but I firmly believe that 1.9.2 is affected too.
could you send us your xnview.ini?
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