XnView Software

What's the MP equivalent to

"C:\Program Files (x86)\XnView\xnview.exe" -ini D:\alt.ini

It seems to just overwrite back to
<...>\Roaming\XnViewMP\xnview.ini

I even made 2 shortcuts with -ini
still everything is stuffed around, written to wrong ini, settings not saved, etc

-ini ... doesn't work with XnViewMP?

what can I use to have 2 different XnView MP then? diff thumbs catalog, settings, etc

obelisk wrote:what can I use to have 2 different XnView MP then? diff thumbs catalog, settings, etc

sorry but i don't understand, you can use '-ini' to choose between different config

I made '-ini' and had 1 in the user/roaming default and 1 other ini. Let's call it profile A & B
Then I set them db files to live with the ini file

After setting that up I ran B and loaded a folder.
Then load A, and saw the catalog had folders I loaded with B.
Then changed some things again, load B and found catalog from A.

So no it's not working.

I thought it was from the settings bug, so I tried change settings and close MP each time 1st.

and the settings for database folder are not the same?

otherFlag=2
updater=0
language=en
otherFolder=C:/path1/XnViewMP/
dbFlag=2
dbFolder=c:/path1/XnViewMP/
OpenWith=@Invalid()
OpenWithName=@Invalid()
startupType=1
customPath=
startInFull=2
startBrowser=true
singleView=true
oneInstance=false
dbThumbFlag=4
dbThumbFolder=
sessionSave=false
toolbar=default.bar
shortcut=default.keys
toolbarIcons=
sessionFlag=0

Seems a bit better now.
I think just having to quit after each change

obelisk wrote:Seems a bit better now.
I think just having to quit after each change

resolved?

Noope, it was working for a while, then it messed up again.

As soon as I right click a folder and open MP, then it will overwrite my \Roaming\XnViewMP ini with the last ini I used.

obelisk wrote:Noope, it was working for a while, then it messed up again.
As soon as I right click a folder and open MP, then it will overwrite my \Roaming\XnViewMP ini with the last ini I used.

it's normal, you need to change the registry value and the -ini wanted

Still no good. I've changed HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XnViewMP\command
but if you double click a jpg, it still makes a default folder/ini up.

obelisk wrote:Still no good. I've changed HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XnViewMP\command
but if you double click a jpg, it still makes a default folder/ini up.

you means that you have the 'Startup wizard' if you use -ini?

Sometimes. Sometimes not.

So again settings won't save for
tagReset=3

I had to edit it in ini.