I have Windows File Mangager set to view files in lists in "details" view. Works fine.
But when I open an app like Irfanview (but by no means limited to
Irfanview), and use the open or save dialogs, the files are displayed as
huge icons, with only a very few visible at a time. I've searched high and low in the apps, and in Windows, for a fix, but have come up empty-handed.
Does anyone listening here have (or had) the same problem, and found a fix?
I have Windows File Mangager set to view files in lists in "details" view. Works fine.
But when I open an app like Irfanview (but by no means limited to
Irfanview), and use the open or save dialogs, the files are displayed as
huge icons, with only a very few visible at a time. I've searched high and low in the apps, and in Windows, for a fix, but have come up empty-handed.
Does anyone listening here have (or had) the same problem, and found a fix?
On 16.08.2024 20:48, croy wrote:
I have Windows File Mangager set to view files in lists in "details"
view.
Works fine.
But when I open an app like Irfanview (but by no means limited to
Irfanview), and use the open or save dialogs, the files are displayed as
huge icons, with only a very few visible at a time. I've searched
high and
low in the apps, and in Windows, for a fix, but have come up
empty-handed.
Does anyone listening here have (or had) the same problem, and found a
fix?
If you select "open" in IrfanView a window opens where you can
also select how the files are displayed large/small icons,
details etc. (at the upper right corner).
I have Windows File Mangager set to view files in lists in "details" view. Works fine.
But when I open an app like Irfanview (but by no means limited to
Irfanview), and use the open or save dialogs, the files are displayed as
huge icons, with only a very few visible at a time. I've searched high and low in the apps, and in Windows, for a fix, but have come up empty-handed.
Does anyone listening here have (or had) the same problem, and found a fix?
I have Windows File Mangager set to view files in lists in "details"
view. Works fine.
But when I open an app like Irfanview (but by no means limited to
Irfanview), and use the open or save dialogs, the files are displayed
as huge icons, with only a very few visible at a time. I've searched
high and low in the apps, and in Windows, for a fix, but have come up empty-handed.
Does anyone listening here have (or had) the same problem, and found
a fix?
I have Windows File Mangager set to view files in lists in "details" view. Works fine.
But when I open an app like Irfanview (but by no means limited to
Irfanview), and use the open or save dialogs, the files are displayed as
huge icons, with only a very few visible at a time. I've searched high and low in the apps, and in Windows, for a fix, but have come up empty-handed.
Does anyone listening here have (or had) the same problem, and found a fix?
Windows Explorer settings have been broken for decades.
croy wrote:
I have Windows File Mangager set to view files in lists in "details"
view.
Works fine.
But when I open an app like Irfanview (but by no means limited to
Irfanview), and use the open or save dialogs, the files are displayed as
huge icons, with only a very few visible at a time. I've searched
high and
low in the apps, and in Windows, for a fix, but have come up
empty-handed.
Does anyone listening here have (or had) the same problem, and found a
fix?
On my Win10/11 devices
File/Open in Irfanview opens to its installed default view dialog box
That dialog box's tool bar has a 'View Menu' option.
 - after changing the option to Details, subsequent File/Open defaults
to the last chosen 'view' and afaics the last folder the last file was opened.
File/Save As likewise operates in similar fashion
If you wish to look for more detailed info
Locate the i_view32.ini or i_view64.ini file in your
userprofile(normally AppData\Roaming\IrfanView)
- in the ini file you'll see file locations for
 [RecentFiles], [MRUD], [Save] and [Open]
 *MRUD (aka Most Recent Used Directory)
i.e. Irfan stores user chosen settings in an ini file, not the registry
The same in Windows 8.
However up to Windows 7 the view type in Folder Options was set for all folders.
With Windows 8 & newer you have to set the view in 5 different folder
types :General Items, Documents, Pictures, Music & Videos.
Even then it doesn't apply across the board. There are still folders
where the view has to be changed manually & IIRC the view type doesn't
stick but has to be changed every time those folders are viewed.
If you select "open" in IrfanView a window opens where you can
also select how the files are displayed large/small icons,
details etc. (at the upper right corner).
Right. I'm wondering why I have to do that every time I launch
Irfanview--it always defaults to either huge icons or thumbnails.
On 16.08.2024 20:48, croy wrote:
I have Windows File Mangager set to view files in lists in "details" view. >> Works fine.
But when I open an app like Irfanview (but by no means limited to
Irfanview), and use the open or save dialogs, the files are displayed as
huge icons, with only a very few visible at a time. I've searched high and >> low in the apps, and in Windows, for a fix, but have come up empty-handed. >>
Does anyone listening here have (or had) the same problem, and found a fix?
If you select "open" in IrfanView a window opens where you can
also select how the files are displayed large/small icons,
details etc. (at the upper right corner).
- Though for Irfanview(the op's concern) not entirely applicable.
Irfanview uses File Explorer to do the Open/Save/SaveAs/Save original
folder but for these options the user's .ini file[1] stores its retained history
[1] Irfanview installation provides the ability to create the .ini
file for each user or a global ini file. The former is recommended.
Fyi...Win10 File Explorer has a Panes category. The Pane's 'Details
Pane' setting when enabled(i.e not the preview setting) shows a
thumbnail and related properties(date, dimension, size, sharing).
Newyana2 wrote:
On 8/17/2024 12:34 PM, ....winston wrote:
- Though for Irfanview(the op's concern) not entirely applicable. Irfanview uses File Explorer to do the Open/Save/SaveAs/Save original folder but for these options the user's .ini file[1] stores its retained historyI think it's actually Windows that remembers, but only for a time.
[1] Irfanview installation provides the ability to create the .ini file for each user or a global ini file. The former is recommended.
Perhaps until next boot. I can set the style for IV and it sticks, but
the same works for my own software, which doesn't do anything
to track such things. similarly, my own software will remember where
to start browsing from, even though I'm not doing that.
Irfanview *.ini retains the path
Just look in i_view32.ini or i_view64.ini file
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