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Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 12:06 am
by berniebee
Hello

Since I have upgraded to Windows 8, the "check for update" function on XNview does not work.

Is there any way to fix this ?

thanks

Bernard

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 6:05 am
by C0080900
berniebee wrote:Hello

Since I have upgraded to Windows 8, the "check for update" function on XNview does not work.

Is there any way to fix this ?

thanks

Bernard
You can always check manually for new XnView versions on FileHippo and FileHorse.

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http://www.filehorse.com/download-xnview/

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http://www.filehippo.com/download_xnview/

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 6:49 am
by berniebee
It goes without saying that you can manually check for updates.
However the "check for update"still does not work.
C0080900 wrote:
berniebee wrote:Hello

Since I have upgraded to Windows 8, the "check for update" function on XNview does not work.

Is there any way to fix this ?

thanks

Bernard
You can always check manually for new XnView versions on FileHippo and FileHorse.

Code: Select all

http://www.filehorse.com/download-xnview/

Code: Select all

http://www.filehippo.com/download_xnview/

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 9:50 am
by xnview
what's happened?

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 9:59 am
by berniebee
Hi

I am using Win 8 and XNview 2.0

From the ïnfo"menu "check for update"nothing happens.
I manually look for new versions.

The update menu has worked in the past but not since I upgraded to Win 8.

Thanks

Bernard

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 8:05 pm
by jis
I can confirm this. After one year this problem still exist. I even checked XnView network activity with TCPView, but XnView is completely silent.
We need more info how check for update works to be able pinpoint the culprit.

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:16 pm
by jis
Is this forum alive?
Is there anyone for whom is the "Check for Update" still working in Windows 8?

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:00 pm
by XnTriq
If Internet Explorer is set to work offline, XnView cannot connect to your interwebs.

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:09 am
by xnview
jis wrote: Is there anyone for whom is the "Check for Update" still working in Windows 8?
yes it works for me

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:19 am
by jis
XnTriq wrote:If Internet Explorer is set to work offline, XnView cannot connect to your interwebs.
It sounds reasonable, but this is not the culprit in my case.

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:44 am
by jis
xnview wrote:
jis wrote: Is there anyone for whom is the "Check for Update" still working in Windows 8?
yes it works for me
As I said, I even checked XnView network activity with TCPView, but XnView is completely silent.
Please, could you explain how Check for Update works and propose some debug scenario to help us pinpoint the culprit?

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:45 am
by jis
berniebee wrote:Hello

Since I have upgraded to Windows 8, the "check for update" function on XNview does not work.

Is there any way to fix this ?

thanks

Bernard
Hi berniebee, do you still have this problem?

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:30 pm
by XnTriq
Slashdot ([url=http://beta.slashdot.org/submission/3165749]Windows 8.1 Still Completely Breaks FTP[/url]) wrote:Largely uncovered story, since the Windows 8.1 update has been released there have been many reports sent to Microsoft about how FTP is completely broken in Windows 8.1 clients.
It's been reported that the new Internet Explorer 11 updates the Wininet.dll file and is no longer able to function with passive FTP requests. Although this may not effect many savvy FTP program users, it completely destroys anyone who has a program that relies on the default Windows (IE based) FTP protocols. [As an example our doc control system from our ERP vendor uses Windows based FTP and now we are completely screwed!]

The real kicker is that Microsoft hasn't officially acknowledged the bug or issued a hot fix yet but there were reports of this problem in the 8.1 developer preview. Windows 8.1 cannot be downgraded to Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 11 can not be downgraded to 10 after 8.1 has been installed.

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:02 am
by jis
I am still using Windows 8 Pro and IE 10.

Re: Check for updates not working XnView for Windows

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:45 pm
by XnTriq
jis wrote:I am still using Windows 8 Pro and IE 10.
Which Firewall do you use?