An update requires ALL aplications to be closed

[Jack74044]

An update requires ALL applications to be closed, even though this isn't explicitly stated.
So it's impossible to update without closing everything, which is why I never update.
Can this be fixed so that only xnview is closed during an update?

[user0]

unregister XnShell before update via
- 'Add shell extension to context menu' in Settings>Integration OR
- run with admin privileges

Code: Select all

regsvr32 /s /u "<path_to_app_folder>\XnViewShellExt64.dll"

[TaggingFilesIsHard]

It isn't an update process that behaves like expected. If you don't close other programs, that usually means you have to reboot on completion. That does not seem to work this time in XNView MP. Previous updates have not been a problem.

I ran the code suggested in CMD and then tried to install the update. I also unregistered the shell extension in Setting>Integration.

Setup needed to close Windows Explorer. But if it does that, my task bar is removed, along with anything on screen except the install window. But that does nothing; it has a progress bar with nothing in it which doesn't change. I can see there is nothing running with CTRL SHIFT ESC, but WINDOWS X does not give a shut down menu, ALT TAB switches between any open programs (I have tried on a fresh boot just running the setup file using WINDOWS R and the filename), but almost no other commands seem to do anything. I can only get my computer back by the old and trusted CTRL ALT DEL and logging out. Then I have rebooted.

If I ask it to continue instead, it fails to delete XnViewShellExt64.dll with options to retry (fails), ignore (fails with a different error) or cancel, which rolls back the changes.