XnView Software

XnViewMP 1.8.4 64bit
Windows11 (24H2), display resolution 3840x2160, win scaling 150%

Browser/Viewer - filelist
Viewer cannot open file shown from subfolder via shortcut.LNK

To reproduce:
0. prerequisites

• have 2 folders with 2 files:
  ..\A\1.png
  ..\B\2.png

• create shortcut to folder B and place it in folder A

1. open folder A in Browser
2. press 'Show files in subfolders'
shortcut will disappear - OK
image (2.png) from folder B will appear - OK
3. double-click on 2.png to open in Viewer
'File can't be loaded!' error will appear





Related

• issues
  1.8.8 - viewer - filelist - writing XMP excludes file from filelist
  1.8.6 - viewer - filelist - excluded files still counted
  1.8.2 - viewer - filelist - tab behavior when source is moved
  1.8.1 - filelist - custom filter - issue with Archives option
  1.7.2 - archive - issues with opening
  1.7.2 - archive - issues with temp files
  1.4.5 - viewer - filelist - opening RAW
  - todo -
  1.8.5 - viewer - filelist - no autosort after saving
  - fixed -
  1.8.4 - filelist - shortcut - cannot load file shown in subfolder (1.9.0) current post
  1.8.0 - viewer - move to - ignores first time (1.8.1)
  1.8.0 - viewer - move to - tab remains after last file move (1.8.1)
  1.4.5 - viewer - save as - original image remains open once saved to another folder (1.8.0)

• suggestions
  Settings - viewer - filter - improve Archives option

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.9.0. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

fixed in 190