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XnView crashing on startup

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 6:50 am
by JeffK
Hello,

I just reinstalled the current version (64 bit) of XnView MP on my computer after not using it for many months. I am installing it on a Windows 11 laptop.

The program is crashing on startup. It appears to be while loading the initial "Pictures" folder.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Regards, Jeff

Re: XnView crashing on startup

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:37 am
by JeffK
OK hold your beers.

I've established that the program was failing upon accessing four .tiff files in my Pictures directory. These files, or at least one of them, may be corrupted in some way.

The files were created by photo editing using the Nik Collection. Whether that is an issue I will have to further investigate.

Thank you, Jeff

Re: XnView crashing on startup

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:05 am
by JeffK
No further evidence that Nik is the problem. I can only think there was something odd about those four files. Neither putting them in a zip file nor renaming them away from the .tif extension resolved the issue. But deleting them altogether, XnView appears to be working fine.

Re: XnView crashing on startup

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 10:50 am
by xnview
could you send me them?

Re: XnView crashing on startup

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:17 am
by JeffK
Hi Pierre, I have just sent you an email with the files attached. I'm not sure all the files were an issue but at least one was.

Jeff

Re: XnView crashing on startup

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:50 pm
by xnview
right, thanks i'll fix it

Re: XnView crashing on startup

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:29 am
by JeffK
Did you find it was an issue on your computer/s too? I thought it might have been just my setup. Corrupt file or clash with another running program.

Re: XnView crashing on startup

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 7:33 am
by xnview
JeffK wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:29 am Did you find it was an issue on your computer/s too? I thought it might have been just my setup. Corrupt file or clash with another running program.
yes it crashs always with these samples

Re: XnView crashing on startup

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:02 am
by JeffK
Thank you Pierre. I have other .tif files created with the Nix collection which load without issue. So I don't know what is special about those files.