XnView Software

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You can download XnView MP 1.8.3 here:

Windows x64 ZIP version SHA256: 617E24BBEDAFF3E4D4C3A7150F567F73F27CC48A50DE8D54DBCCDCADCE8CC279
Windows x64 SETUP version SHA256: 3DFC70D0E54640F553A5E9CF7E863F60A029723B6DF2BC2F901924CC3B6A93D4

Mac x64 DMG version SHA256: 8EA7155D31F6605A12B4B3BFCE6EACA54B95900AA71A7AFB42005CC8094C98FB
Linux x64 TGZ version SHA256: 1FA93A1D299051CC9004A574A49A30BD449E81EA37AE8C4BFF1D676325657F7E
Linux x64 DEB version SHA256: 3710EE91C3F82F1B71F44D1EEB0A34E29C50D84BA294519E3037C356FAA2995F

ARM version: https://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-linux-arm.tgz https://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-li ... _armhf.deb

Linux x64 AppImages version: https://download.xnview.com/XnView_MP.g ... 4.AppImage
Linux Flatpak version: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.xnview.XnViewMP


Changelog 1.8.3:

3432: [Bug] Browser - thumbnails - improve default appearance - viewtopic.php?t=48093
3431: [Bug] App UI - toolbar - reshuffle buttons - viewtopic.php?t=46858
3430: [Bug] Info text on fullscreen wrong position first picture - viewtopic.php?t=48073
3429: [New] Search - Flash value - viewtopic.php?t=48084
3403: [Bug] Crop, Save and Next not working fully - viewtopic.php?t=47982
3428: [Bug] GIF with unknown extension block
3427: [Bug] Window flicker fix - viewtopic.php?t=48027
3426: [Bug] Change timestamp - viewtopic.php?t=48074
3425: [New] Quick filter - thumbnails labels - viewtopic.php?t=48043
3424: [Bug] Search - ratio - precesion - viewtopic.php?t=48056
3423: [Bug] Quick filter - viewtopic.php?t=48059
3422: [Bug] Viewer - rendering - use gamma correction, use filter, antialiasing - viewtopic.php?t=48019
3421: [Bug] Wayland app icon - viewtopic.php?t=48031
3420: [Bug] App UI - menu structure - Tools - viewtopic.php?t=47597
3419: [Bug] Startup folder - select filename setting - viewtopic.php?t=48011
3418: [Bug] Viewer - date in statubar - viewtopic.php?t=48052
3417: [Bug] Draw - text - move text control out of tab - viewtopic.php?t=47240
3416: [Bug] Draw - zoom - fix best fit - viewtopic.php?t=47503
3415: [Bug] Compare - context menu - reorder rating/labels - viewtopic.php?t=47825
3414: [Bug] Banner - improve hint - viewtopic.php?t=47277
3413: [Bug] Viewer - tag not available on animated gif - viewtopic.php?t=48033
3412: [Bug] Draw - opacity - viewtopic.php?t=47978
3411: [Bug] Batch convert - script not sorted by default - viewtopic.php?t=48028
3410: [Bug] Batch convert - size in log - viewtopic.php?t=47962
3409: [Bug] Viewer - selection - swap width and height shortcut issue - viewtopic.php?t=48035
3408: [Bug] Viewer - selection - resizing when setting free aspect ratio - viewtopic.php?t=47958
3407: [Bug] Toolbar tabs - context menu opens wrong section - viewtopic.php?t=48040
3406: [Bug] Linux - export dialog - viewtopic.php?t=47994
3405: [Bug] Settings - Thumbnail - Labels - viewtopic.php?t=45629
3404: [Bug] cmd_selectionSave not active - viewtopic.php?t=47993
3402: [Bug] Batch convert - filelist - removing file affects Browser Viewer - viewtopic.php?t=47983
3401: [Bug] viewer - save - conversion warning appears after raw - viewtopic.php?t=47972

I just tried to install, bui 'failed' (or so it said - I seem to have 1.8.3 despite all the problems).

I had recently installed 1.8.2.0 for the first time on my Win 11 Laptop. Installation completed without issue and it ran fine.

Today I ran XnView and got a message about a new version, so I took the easy path of clicking the link which downloaded the installation file to my downloads folder. I ran the installation. It asked me to close two running programs - windows explorer and XnView. I closed them both and I asked it to proceed. Next thing I notice is, my task-bar at the bottom disappeared - it appeared that the installed killed the one 'core' explorer.exe instance that runs the start menu, task bar, etc. I also got an error about its inability to update some shared resource (sorry, I did not note it down). It recommended I abort the installation which I did.

Since task bar at bottom was gone, and thus, 'start menu', I used ctrl-alt-del to launch task manager and from there, ran 'explorer.exe', and that brought back my task bar (but the start menu still did not work - no problem I don't use start menu much). I used explorer to navigate to C:\Program Files\XnViewMP and ran XnViewMP.exe from there. XnViewMP came up fine, and help/about shows 1.8.3 - the new version.

So - installation reported a failure but I do seem to have the latest version.

I tried a second installation attempt, and this time, right after launching the installer from the downloads directory, I closed File Manager so there were no open instances of explorer.exe, but the install again flagged that 'explorer.exe' was running. There was, technically, an instance of explorer.exe running as there is ALWAYS one instance running to provide taskbar, etc. But the installer should not care about that.

I re-ran the installation a third time to take notes. I chose to install the XnView Shell Extension. I chose NOT to install a desktop shortcut or quick launch shortcut. I again got the message 'the following applications are using files that need to be updated by setup. It is recommended that you allow setup to automatically close these applications. After ...'. The only application listed is Windows Explorer. (I had left ONE explorer session open pointing to the installer file). So I said 'next'. A progress window appears 'closing applications'. After a long time, this action finally times out and says 'setup was unable to automatically close ...'. I was about to manually close it, but - it was already closed - no visible explorer sessions. So I clicked 'Try again' ... . After another long delay, the action again times out and gives me the same message. So I then say 'cancel the installation' ... .

I'm now going to have to reboot to clean up some of this mess. Then I'll try again.

The same happened to me. I've installed lots of XnView updates, but this is the first I've had any problems with. Sounds like the installer REALLY hates updating the Explorer shell extensions while Explorer is running, but unlike most normal programs, that install everything they can and then finish the job during a reboot, it insists you close all active Explorer sessions before proceeding. News flash: The latest version of Windows 11 doesn't have an option to completely close Explorer. Task Manager only offers to restart it, not close it, and if you could close it, you wouldn't be able to run the installer, except maybe after removing the existing install, or rebooting in Safe Mode.

The good news in my case was that the install finally went through after I unticked the option to update the shell extensions. It squawked about detecting they were installed, and not being able to update them, but didn't remove them at least. I still think I want to go back, uninstall it, and do a clean reinstall. This is a giant step backwards in terms of functionality, and I can't believe all of these hoops are really necessary - especially when they've never been needed in countless previous installs. I hope whatever is causing this gets resolved before I need to update it again.

When using XnView MP when I select multiple raw image files, the select Metadata / Edit IPTC the following dialog is presented (unable to attach the image of the dialog for some reason):
"Field values are not loaded because 'Do not load field values' is checked"

Can someone please explain:
1) What does this message mean?
2) Where can I find the option referenced in the dialog? - I haven't been able to find or recognize it yet...

Thanks.

viewtopic.php?t=36415

Does that help?