XnView Software

I updated my xnview after many years. now it insists on autoloading new files that show up in a directory and show those instead of the one I selected for viewing. I can't seem to find a way to turn that off. Is there are way?
And if there isn't a way could you ffs change that. what failure in thinking to make such a presumptuous feature.
beyond being very counter productive for use of your software it chokes up and freezes when it's a file of significant size and complexity like a jp2 file.

Dan Frederiksen wrote: Wed May 07, 2025 7:36 pm I updated my xnview after many years. now it insists on autoloading new files that show up in a directory and show those instead of the one I selected for viewing. I can't seem to find a way to turn that off. Is there are way?

Simple steps to reproduce, maybe using a minimal number of files in a ZIP?

And if there isn't a way could you ffs change that. what failure in thinking to make such a presumptuous feature.
beyond being very counter productive for use of your software it chokes up and freezes when it's a file of significant size and complexity like a jp2 file.

Maybe there's a way...

There is no zip file involved, what are you talking about?
And no I wont be minimizing number of files in a directory just to cater to really poor choices by xnview

Dan Frederiksen wrote: Sat May 10, 2025 5:03 pm There is no zip file involved, what are you talking about?
And no I wont be minimizing number of files in a directory just to cater to really poor choices by xnview

I was suggesting that it might simplify reproducing your issue if you provide some test files [for example in a ZIP or similar archive} and provide steps to reproduce what you are seeing. Or maybe you could provide a screencast that would show the issue?

Are you still using XnView Classic, or are you using the now-preferred XnView MP? And whichever you are using, which version do you have installed, and do you recall whether your issue started after an upgrade?

Providing this information could assist Pierre, or anyone else who responds, in assisting you.