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Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView browser?
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:04 am
by arrivest
Hello, I'm sorry if this question has been asked before. I discovered it by accident: I have a folder with 3 JPGs and 6 PNGs, but XnView 2.39's browser only shows 3 JPGs and 3 PNGs, the other 3 PNGs seem to be "hidden". (They aren't set to hidden as far as my Win10 is concerned).
The View Mode also displays only the 6 pictures when I cycle through them, however, I am able to open the "hidden" files by double clicking them in Win10 (XnView is my default picture viewer). Once I do that, I'm able to cycle through all 9 pictures. But if I return to browse mode, it's back to 6 again.
So what's my problem? Thanks!
I could upload the problematic PNGs if necessary.
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 2:45 am
by XnTriq
Welcome to the forum, arrivest.
What is you configuration for View → Filter By?
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 7:56 pm
by arrivest
Thanks XnTriq.
It's always been set to Filter by Images. I tested other filters after seeing your reply. If set to All, it does show all 9 images. If set to Images, then it shows 6. If set to any of the rest filters, it shows no files, which means the 3 missing PNGs are not videos, sounds, or archives.
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:15 pm
by XnTriq
arrivest wrote:If set to All, it does show all 9 images. If set to Images, then it shows 6. If set to any of the rest filters, it shows no files, which means the 3 missing PNGs are not videos, sounds, or archives.
Please try deactivating
Recognize only by extension (
Tools →
Options... →
File List →
Misc.).
Note: You'll have to point the browser to another folder for this setting to take effect.
Could you please post a screenshot of your settings in
Tools →
Options... →
File List →
File List →
Custom files, if that doesn't help?
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:26 pm
by arrivest
Thanks very much XnTriq. Deactivating "recognize only by extension" does help!
What's the reason for that? My PNGs didn't have strange file names. They were just xxxxxxx.PNG
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:45 pm
by XnTriq
arrivest wrote:What's the reason for that?
Sometimes images have a wrong file name extension: Your PNGs might in fact be JPEGs or GIFs.
Deactivating
Recognize only by extension forces XnView to identify the image format by scanning the
file header for a
signature. This slows down thumbnail generation slightly.
Requests for automatically renaming files with wrong extensions:
Classic |
MP
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:51 pm
by arrivest
Thanks!
Re: Newbie question: some PNGs don't show up in XnView brows
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 11:00 pm
by XnTriq
You're welcome
