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Problem with editing Descriptions

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Today I did a search (control-F) to find all the pictures in a directory tree with "fav" in the description. XnView found just under 8,000 files. I browsed through the files and edited the description of some of them to add more information. After a while, I noticed that XnView was erasing the old description instead of letting me edit it. It erased the description even if I hit the "cancel" button. After this happened about four times, I closed XnView 1.96. I reopened it and did the search again. This time it found only 4626 pictures with "fav" in the description. Xnview has either deleted the description of more than 3,200 files or it deleted the files.
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:-( With 1.96 or 1.96.1?
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xnview wrote::-( With 1.96 or 1.96.1?
It was 1.96.
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neutrino1 wrote:
xnview wrote::-( With 1.96 or 1.96.1?
It was 1.96.
In 1.96, there was a problem, comment can be removed
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xnview wrote:
neutrino1 wrote:
xnview wrote::-( With 1.96 or 1.96.1?
It was 1.96.
In 1.96, there was a problem, comment can be removed
How sure are you that the problem has been fixed?

Before I use XnView again, I want to back up my descriptions. What is the best way to do this?
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neutrino1 wrote:
In 1.96, there was a problem, comment can be removed
How sure are you that the problem has been fixed?
Try on 1 or 2 copies of your files
Before I use XnView again, I want to back up my descriptions. What is the best way to do this?
If you use the description, make a backup of descript.ion file
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