Multiple Users Setup - Thumbnails Problem
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2025 2:05 pm
Hello,
I'm using XnView MP 1.9.5 on Windows.
I'm trying to use XnView on multiple PCs sharing the same Thumb.db and XnView.db and image files.
I have 2 PCs with same network shares:
Z:\Images
X:\XnViewDatabase
The xnview.ini is same on both PCs (copied same file)
But I experience strange behavior of XnView, the thumbnails generated on one PC are not available on the second PC.
Moreover, the thumbnails re-generated on the second PC, invalidate the already generated thumbnails for the same images on the first PC.
Example:
I have a folder with images Z:\Images\Wedding1\
The folder contains 1000 images.
When I open this folder on PC1, the thumbnails are being generated as expected.
When I open this folder on PC2, the thumbnails are not visible, they are being re-generated from scratch (the folder is visible in the settings of the Catalog as imported).
Let's say I stop this generation on the 10th image.
Then when I come back to the PC1 and open this folder, the 10 images will not have thumbnails visible, and they will be re-generated again. Remaining thumbnails (that is the ones generated for the images in this folder on the same PC) are available and don't need regeneration.
Am I doing anything wrong?
I'm using XnView MP 1.9.5 on Windows.
I'm trying to use XnView on multiple PCs sharing the same Thumb.db and XnView.db and image files.
I have 2 PCs with same network shares:
Z:\Images
X:\XnViewDatabase
The xnview.ini is same on both PCs (copied same file)
But I experience strange behavior of XnView, the thumbnails generated on one PC are not available on the second PC.
Moreover, the thumbnails re-generated on the second PC, invalidate the already generated thumbnails for the same images on the first PC.
Example:
I have a folder with images Z:\Images\Wedding1\
The folder contains 1000 images.
When I open this folder on PC1, the thumbnails are being generated as expected.
When I open this folder on PC2, the thumbnails are not visible, they are being re-generated from scratch (the folder is visible in the settings of the Catalog as imported).
Let's say I stop this generation on the 10th image.
Then when I come back to the PC1 and open this folder, the 10 images will not have thumbnails visible, and they will be re-generated again. Remaining thumbnails (that is the ones generated for the images in this folder on the same PC) are available and don't need regeneration.
Am I doing anything wrong?