File Not Found when I try to open something.

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PwnyHipster
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File Not Found when I try to open something.

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Ever since that last update some files now do an error with "file not found" when I try to open it. What is happening?
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Re: File Not Found when I try to open something.

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Probably some files were moved/renamed/deleted outside of XnViewMP, or the path they were on (external drive or NAS) is not available or has changed.

You can either find them and put them back, or...

Try Tools->Settings:Catalog->Synchronize Folders and the missing files will no longer appear in the application
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Re: File Not Found when I try to open something.

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jkm wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 6:29 pm Probably some files were moved/renamed/deleted outside of XnViewMP, or the path they were on (external drive or NAS) is not available or has changed.

You can either find them and put them back, or...

Try Tools->Settings:Catalog->Synchronize Folders and the missing files will no longer appear in the application
No I mean when I open up an image in a folder it doesn't open it. I moved the folder to a different spot and it now opens some images.
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Re: File Not Found when I try to open something.

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PwnyHipster wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 6:48 pm No I mean when I open up an image in a folder it doesn't open it. I moved the folder to a different spot and it now opens some images.
long path name?
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Re: File Not Found when I try to open something.

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xnview wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 6:53 am
PwnyHipster wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 6:48 pm No I mean when I open up an image in a folder it doesn't open it. I moved the folder to a different spot and it now opens some images.
long path name?
Seems so but it wasn't a problem until now.
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Re: File Not Found when I try to open something.

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PwnyHipster wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 3:12 pm Seems so but it wasn't a problem until now.
you had not this problem in 1.10.3?
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Re: File Not Found when I try to open something.

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xnview wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2026 6:33 am
PwnyHipster wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 3:12 pm Seems so but it wasn't a problem until now.
you had not this problem in 1.10.3?
Was that the update before the latest one? Yeah I didn't have this problem then, only after the current update installed.
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Re: File Not Found when I try to open something.

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PwnyHipster wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2026 7:29 am Was that the update before the latest one? Yeah I didn't have this problem then, only after the current update installed.
could you send me that the full filename used in PM?
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