little problem installing ShellExtension x64 1.6

[Henry_Jones]

Hello

I downloaded the version 1.6 of the x64 ShellExtension today but there is a little problem with the setup.

During the setup the following message appers (using a german Vista x64):
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C:\Program Files (x86)\XnView\ShellEx\XnViewShellExt.dll

Unable to register the DLL/OCX: LoadLibrary failed: Code 193.
%1 ist keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung.

Click retry to try again, Ignore to proceed anyway (not recommended),
or Abort to cancel installation
-->

retry does nothing beside showing the message again.
abort does what it says, rolling back the setup
ignore continues the setup and finishes it, but the Extension is not working.

Trying to register the dll myself with:
regsvr32 C:\Program Files (x86)\XnView\ShellEx\XnViewShellExt.dll
from a console with admin rights solves the problem.

The %1 in the first message seems to me that some parameter in the setup did not get its data.

Beside that, great work, this is to my knowledge the first PicPreview in ContextMenu for x64 systems.

[xnview]

Someone with the same problem? Only with x64 setup?

[Holger]

Someone with the same problem? Only with x64 setup?

Yes, I do have the same problem on Vista 64 Business

[Torsten]

Someone with the same problem? Only with x64 setup?

Yes, I just installed the full version of 1.91 on Windows 2000 PC and got the same error message and same phenomenon.

[Torsten]

Someone with the same problem? Only with x64 setup?

Yes, I just installed the full version of 1.91 on Windows 2000 PC and got the same error message and same phenomenon.

Fogot to add the writtings on the scrren, as theya re slightly different

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C:\Program Files\XnView\ShellEx\XnViewShellExt.dll

Unable to register the DLL/OCX: DllRegisterServer failed: Code 0x8002801D.

Click retry to try again, Ignore to proceed anyway (not recommended),
or Abort to cancel installation

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[Guest]

Just tried on Vista x86 Ultimate, did work without problems.

[invité]

same for me on Windows XP professional x64 Edition

[Guest]

Same like Torsten here,

OS: W2K SP4

[Guest]

xnview...

what´s wrong with this install...why don´t you give a short reply please...this is really not reported the first time...only to know...

thank you

thomes

[xnview]

xnview...

what´s wrong with this install...why don´t you give a short reply please...this is really not reported the first time...only to know...

The problem is that i don't know why? I can't reproduce...

[Jsp]

I have the same problem. I can´t install the 64 bits Shell Extension.
(I have Windows on drive D). I get:

D:\Program Files (x86)\XnView\ShellEx\XnViewShellExt.dll

Unable to register the DLL/OCX: LoadLibrary failed: Code 193.
%1 is not a valid Win32 application.

Click Retry to try again, Ignore to proceed anyway (not recommended), or Abort to cancel installation.


Of course none of the options above make the Shell Extension work.

I also tried to place it in the 64 bit Program Files folder with the same result.
Am I doing something wrong, or doesn´t the XnView Shell Extension Setup 64bits run on Windows x64?

Any thoughts on a completely 64 bit XN-View?
Thanx so far

[foxyshadis]

You have to register with
%systemroot%\syswow64\regsvr32 "path"

You can only use it in 32-bit explorer, if there even is such a thing (never used 64-bit, sorry), a 32-bit shell extension won't work in a 64-bit host.

[Guest]

Ok,

I had exactly the same problem (Windows vista Business 64 bit French).

Did not manage to make the executable work, same message as yours saying it's not a valid win32 file (no wonder since i'm installing the 64 bit version, i wonder why it expects a 32 bit file anyways ! )
By the way, why does it want to install it by default in "program files (x86)" when it's a 64 bit dll ? Is there a probleme in the detection of 32/64 bit ?

Tried to register the dll manually with (%windir%\system32\regsvr32 "..path to the file"), which is the correct regsvr32 to register a 64 bit dll as far as i know, the one in syswow64 being for 32 bit dlls (i know, the names are incredibly misleading, if i'm wrong please tell me) and got an error message.
Something about "sidebyside" and a missing file Microsoft.VC80.ATL

Looked around a little and found a link to "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64)" you can dowlaod here : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... layLang=en

With this package installed i tried to register the dll again, and this time it worked ! Hurray !

But.... I still don't have the thumbnails of the images in windows explorer ! (PSD files)
I only have a thumbnail of the file in the contextual menu that appears when i right click on it. Not directly in the thumbnail view in explorer !

Is this normal ? Or is the dll not installed properly ?

How can i see the thumnails of my files directly in explorer ?

Merci pour toute aide

[xnview]

Is this normal ? Or is the dll not installed properly ?

Yes, you would like to have the thumbnails in explorer too

[Guest]

Yes, i want to be able to see the thumbnails in explorer.

Certain file types (PSD files are the one i want to see most) don't appear in windows vista 64 bit's explorer.

Are there is no fix for this with vista 64 bit. The psicon.dll fix that works with the 32 bit version of windows doesn't on the 64 bit one because psicon.dll is 32 bits.

So right now there is no way to see thumbnails of PSD files (and AI files etc..) in vista 64 bit's explorer (set in thumbnail view of course - icones moyennes).

If Xnview could fix this problem it would be great !