XnView Software

I've installed it, I've set the file associations in xnview, I've even set file associations for jpg in total commander but each time I click on a jpg in total commander the damn windows photoviewer comes up. photoviewer itself even says xnview is associated with this file. I can even choose to activate xnview from the windows photoviewer but then another instance of the damn window photoview comes up!!!

what the fuck is wrong with this picture!!!! : )

how to fix???

Dan Frederiksen

Hello ! Welcome aboard !

• Just a thought, I don't run Win 7…
You could try to suppress the *.JPG association in Windows (I suffered sometimes the same annoyance in XP-Pro too).
- Then you might get XnView when 2-clicking any JPG…

Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

Do associations misbehave in general or only for one picture? Have a look at http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=16939 maybe my findings help you - although I still have troubles every now and then File association implementation in Win 7 is buggy, nothing that happens only with XnView...

I could only get mine working through the Default Programs thingie in Windows 7.
Either way... Windows 7 is the best OS Microsoft has ever made loving it

Dan Frederiksen wrote:I've installed it, I've set the file associations in xnview, I've even set file associations for jpg in total commander but each time I click on a jpg in total commander the damn windows photoviewer comes up. photoviewer itself even says xnview is associated with this file. I can even choose to activate xnview from the windows photoviewer but then another instance of the damn window photoview comes up!!!

what the fuck is wrong with this picture!!!! : )

how to fix???

I have the same problem on Windows 7 64-bit! XnView was working great on Vista and XP, installed on Win7 64-bit, no errors. then associated the 'most used' file types, but though association seems checked in options, everytime i click on image files such as JPEG it opens with Windows Photo Viewer?

What the hell? There is no 'Open' menu added to context menu of image files, also.

Please somebody (or Pierre) help us or i should say goodbyte to my favourite image viewer XNView.

Thanks!

kimi wrote: What the hell? There is no 'Open' menu added to context menu of image files, also.
Please somebody (or Pierre) help us or i should say goodbyte to my favourite image viewer XNView.

Do you use XnView/Options/Associations with admin rights?

xnview wrote:

kimi wrote: What the hell? There is no 'Open' menu added to context menu of image files, also.
Please somebody (or Pierre) help us or i should say goodbyte to my favourite image viewer XNView.

Do you use XnView/Options/Associations with admin rights?

Hi Pierre,
I'm the administrator of the computer. I double-checked associations in Options, though "the most used" extensions are checked, "none" of them is associated and when i double-click any image file like .jpg "Windows Photo Viewer" and no context menu added like "Open".

Manually creating associations using a 3rd party program just for XnView is a pain. Winrar or other programs have successfully associated their extensions (like .rar) with the system.

I think something is really wrong with your XnView's installer or with the program itself, which was the one i'm using on my XP/Vista box with no problem, but Windows 7 x64

HTH.

Do you use the EXE setup?

xnview wrote:Do you use the EXE setup?

Sure. The latest one available on:

http://www.xnview.com/en/downloadwin32.html

Standard Version, English setup.

And if you try with another extension like PNG or GIF?

xnview wrote:And if you try with another extension like PNG or GIF?

Sure. None of the extensions have been associated. Plus after removing XnView from Control Panel as normal, lots of registry entries remain in registry related to unsuccessfull extension associations. I'm not pleased with it. Your uninstaller is also broken, cannot perform a correct registry clean-up.

I've tried on a clean Windows 7, i've installed XnView. Run it as administrator, click on PNG, close it.
In windows explorer, i click on PNG file, and XnView is launched... Same thing for JPEG file...

xnview wrote:I've tried on a clean Windows 7, i've installed XnView. Run it as administrator, click on PNG, close it.
In windows explorer, i click on PNG file, and XnView is launched... Same thing for JPEG file...

Weird? Have you UAC enabled? Or do you have any special settings related to security?

All by default, so i think that UAC is enabled...
After installing it, do you have registry keys for xnview?