XnView Software

Posted: **Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:28 am**

I really enjoy a feature provided by VSCode, where you can right-click in any window or folder and select "Open in VSCode" to immediately open the folder in a browsing view. I also like using XnView's browser view, but the steps to open this view each time are somewhat cumbersome. Therefore, I wrote a registry configuration file so that I can right-click and browse all images in a folder just like with VSCode.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XnView]
@="Open folder with XnView"
"icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XnView\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\XnView]
@="Open folder with XnView"
"icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\XnView\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\" \"%V\""

I hope this feature can be integrated into future installation wizards.

Posted: **Sat Aug 31, 2024 5:06 pm**

+1
but there are 2 different context menus:

Folder (already exists in Settings>Integration)

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XnViewMP]
@="Browse in XnView MP"
"icon"="\"D:\\PROG\\portable\\graphic\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XnViewMP\command]
@="\"D:\\PROG\\portable\\graphic\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\" \"%1\""

Desktop & Folder background

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\XnViewMP]
@="Browse in XnView MP"
"icon"="\"D:\\PROG\\portable\\graphic\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\XnViewMP\command]
@="\"D:\\PROG\\portable\\graphic\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\" \"%V\""

ps. in win11 it only visible in old context menu (Shift+RMB)

Posted: **Tue Sep 03, 2024 6:34 am**

See issue for current status and some details.

Posted: **Thu Oct 10, 2024 2:35 pm**

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.8.1. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

XnView Software

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