XnView Software

Using Win 7 with IE8 as my default browser, I uninstalled XNView 1.97.8. IE8 was no longer my default browser and I could no longer get that key to remain set. I tried various settings to rectify the situation but nothing would stick. I solved the problem using System Restore which brought back XNView. For now I am unable to uninstall XNView.

The same problem aslo affected MS Outlook 2010

It's really strange, XnView doesn't change registry keys for IE or Outlook...
Do you use the setup package?
Is it Win7 32 or x64?

Win7 -32 bit. Setup package Xnview-win-en.exe

I am willing to try again but only in a few days.

I have now successfully un-installed 1.97.8.

This is what I did.
I over-installed XNVivew and then re-booted. Created a restore point (for security) and then used control panel to un-install. The un-install worked perfectly.

Thank you for your help.

I just had a similar problem: I uninstalled Xnview and then immediately noticed that I had lost my internet browser file association and could not reestablish it. I checked the default programs applet in control panel and found that there were no programs at all listed under "set your default programs." I performed a system restore to a point a few hours before the Xnview uninstall and that restored my default program settings. Now I am afraid to uninstall Xnview. Could you explain a little more fully what you did? Especially when you say you "over-installed" Xnview? Thank you.

Besides taking precautions of creating a system restore point, I re-installed XNview over itself and then performed an uninstall which worked fine.

Thank you. I will try this today and report back the results.

I've just tried to install/uninstall XnView on a win7, and "default programs" is always the same...