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yuxt
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always asks to select app to open a png image

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It's a strange issue:
- win 10 x64 21H1 19043.1348, have irfanview 4.58 x 64 win store version installed and set as default pic viewer;
- double click a png file in default explorer, it automatically opens in irfanview (as it's the default app);
- double click a png file in xyplorer, it always asks me which software to use (even ticked always to use...)
- tested on the latest installer (22.50.0200), latest portable version (22.50.0200) and 21.50.0100, 22.30.0200, 22.40.0200

Cannot figure out why. any clues? Thanks

RalphM
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Re: always asks to select app to open a png image

Post by RalphM »

It is a known issue without a definite solution on the system side AFAIK.
However, an easy solution is to set up a default CFA in XY to catch all images and open them with Irfanview as shown in the image below:
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This is for the regular installed version of Irfanview, I'm not sure about the syntax for the Win Store version though.
Ralph :)
(OS: W11 22H2 Home x64 - XY: Current beta - Office 2019 32-bit - Display: 1920x1080 @ 125%)

yuxt
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Re: always asks to select app to open a png image

Post by yuxt »

RalphM wrote: 07 Dec 2021 08:03 It is a known issue without a definite solution on the system side AFAIK.
However, an easy solution is to set up a default CFA in XY to catch all images and open them with Irfanview as shown in the image below:
PicPick_632.jpgThis is for the regular installed version of Irfanview, I'm not sure about the syntax for the Win Store version though.
works nicely!

I used irfanview win store version just for testing - tried installer and portable version before. Now I switched back to an installer version and followed your instructions.

Thank you very much!

RalphM
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Re: always asks to select app to open a png image

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No worries!
You might want to read up on CFA's anyway, as they offer a lot of flexibility for all sorts of things from appending dates to filenames to timestamping files:
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Just thinking about Irfanview, there are a few more CFA's in my collection for re-sizing images:
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Ralph :)
(OS: W11 22H2 Home x64 - XY: Current beta - Office 2019 32-bit - Display: 1920x1080 @ 125%)

GregH
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Re: always asks to select app to open a png image

Post by GregH »

@RalphM,
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been trying to figure out a solution ever since I reset Windows a couple of days ago. I, too, never investigated CFAs and now I'm all over them.

Again, thank you for saving what is left of my hair! :mrgreen:

Greg

RalphM
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Re: always asks to select app to open a png image

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You're very welcome.
Happy to have saved someone else's hair while mine keeps disappearing... :D
Ralph :)
(OS: W11 22H2 Home x64 - XY: Current beta - Office 2019 32-bit - Display: 1920x1080 @ 125%)

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