Problem installing 1.9.2 in windows - shell extension issue

[Steerpike]

I just installed XnView MP 1.9.2 x64 on windows 11. During the install, the installer reports that explorer is running. You can choose to 'shut down' explorer, or 'ignore (not recommended)'. This is the exact same issue I ran into when installing XnView 1.8.7, and also 1.8.3 - reported in this forum as follows:

1.8.7: https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=48914
1.8.3: https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic. ... 57#p202257

This time, I chose to ignore; the installation completed and the application ran.

Previously (with 1.8.7) I chose 'shut down' and it killed ALL my explorer sessions, including the one that is crucial to windows, and this was problematic (see the 1.8.7 post above).

The problem as I see it is, 'of course explorer is running' - explorer is a crucial part of the windows environment. No other program installation requires the complete shutdown of explorer.exe during the installation of shell extensions.

[xnview]

The problem was XnViewShellEx that need to restart Windows explorer, no more as default in 1.9.2 setup

[Steerpike]

Bonjour!

But I just ran into the problem while installing 1.9.2, so what do you mean by "no more as default in 1.9.2 setup"? That makes it sound like it should no longer happen.