IrfanView icons?

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Terry Pinnell

I haven't let Irfanview take over any of my file associations, so those
icons are not registered on my computer. But if I wanted to check what
you're looking at, I would go to: My Computer/View/Folder Options/Folder
Option/File Types and then scroll the list of Registered file types. Look
for those icons and the details to the right of each icon should tell you
what each is.

Hope this helps. You might post back if it doesn't.


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Sorry if this appears twice (I cancelled the first response, but the cancel
may not get through to everyone). OE sent it before I was done revising it.

I haven't let Irfanview take over any of my file associations, so those
icons are not registered on my computer..But if I wanted to check what
you're looking at, I would go to: My Computer/View/Folder Options/Folder
Option/File Types and then scroll the list of Registered file types. Look
for those icons and the details to the right of each icon should tell you
what each is. You might then do a Right-click/Properties on two of those
files that have different icons and see if there is any difference- maybe
one is a jpeg and the other actually a jpe or something? There may be some
subtle difference in those files that triggers a different icons for what
appears to all be files with the same extension. Interesting, though. Post
back if you figure it out, or maybe someone else here knows for sure.





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Sorry if this appears twice (I cancelled the first response, but the cancel
may not get through to everyone). OE sent it before I was done revising it.

I haven't let Irfanview take over any of my file associations, so those
icons are not registered on my computer..But if I wanted to check what
you're looking at, I would go to: My Computer/View/Folder Options/Folder
Option/File Types and then scroll the list of Registered file types. Look
for those icons and the details to the right of each icon should tell you
what each is. You might then do a Right-click/Properties on two of those
files that have different icons and see if there is any difference- maybe
one is a jpeg and the other actually a jpe or something? There may be some
subtle difference in those files that triggers a different icons for what
appears to all be files with the same extension. Interesting, though. Post
back if you figure it out, or maybe someone else here knows for sure.





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Anthony Giorgianni

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Sorry if this appears twice (I cancelled the first response, but the cancel
may not get through to everyone). OE sent it before I was done revising it.

I haven't let Irfanview take over any of my file associations, so those
icons are not registered on my computer..But if I wanted to check what
you're looking at, I would go to: My Computer/View/Folder Options/Folder
Option/File Types and then scroll the list of Registered file types. Look
for those icons and the details to the right of each icon should tell you
what each is. You might then do a Right-click/Properties on two of those
files that have different icons and see if there is any difference- maybe
one is a jpeg and the other actually a jpe or something? There may be some
subtle difference in those files that triggers a different icons for what
appears to all be files with the same extension. Interesting, though. Post
back if you figure it out, or maybe someone else here knows for sure.



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Anthony Giorgianni

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Looking at it again, that is very strange. The icon is not part of
Irfanview's resources. Nor does it show up if you register everything to
Irfanview. I must be some kind of overlay the program itself is doing for
some reason ... or maybe the operating system, which seems unlikely. I will
be interested in seeing what others say.


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"Anthony Giorgianni"
Looking at it again, that is very strange. The icon is not part of
Irfanview's resources. Nor does it show up if you register everything to
Irfanview. I must be some kind of overlay the program itself is doing for
some reason ... or maybe the operating system, which seems unlikely. I will
be interested in seeing what others say.
Click to expand...

From a suggestion elsewhere, I'm wondering if this is in fact not down
to IrfanView but to PixVue? I installed that briefly, but then
uninstalled it, for time being at least. So it would be very strange
if it had caused this effect and not restored everything on
uninstallation...
 
"Anthony Giorgianni"


From a suggestion elsewhere, I'm wondering if this is in fact not down
to IrfanView but to PixVue? I installed that briefly, but then
uninstalled it, for time being at least. So it would be very strange
if it had caused this effect and not restored everything on
uninstallation...
Click to expand...

I would be amazed to find that ANY program had cleaned up and restored
everything on uninstallation...

That's why there are so many installation-monitor type of programs written
- to try to keep track of changes that are made during installation, so
that you have a hope of undoing the changes.
 
From a suggestion elsewhere, I'm wondering if this is in fact not down
to IrfanView but to PixVue? I installed that briefly, but then
uninstalled it, for time being at least. So it would be very strange
if it had caused this effect and not restored everything on
uninstallation...
Click to expand...

PixVue is definitely the culprit. I've just been through the whole
thing.

My daughter in law installed PixVue a week ago, found no use for it
and uninstalled it two days later. I went over yesterday and rebuilt
her icons.
 
Funny, I've been running PixVue since about forever and never got any
interference with Irfanview Icons or any other icons, even when I just
associated everything that I could to Irfan. But who knows.


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"Anthony Giorgianni"
Funny, I've been running PixVue since about forever and never got any
interference with Irfanview Icons or any other icons, even when I just
associated everything that I could to Irfan. But who knows.
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That's another mystery then! Are you saying you have PixVue installed,
but icons of image files in Windows Explorer/My Computer folders do
not contain these extra indicators?
 
I just played with PixVue. I don't have any icon issues in Windows Explorer.
BUT if I view photos in the PixVue Galleries (which I don't use), the
thumbnail in the galleries get little marks on them ONLY IF I have "Icon
Overlays" checked in the PixVue setting in Control Panel. Maybe you should
try that: go into Control Panel, click on the PixVue icon, click on the
"Shell" tab and take the check mark out of "Icon Overlays" and restart.
Maybe that will have some effect, though again it doe NOT affect how jpeg
icons look in Explorer (I am not using Irfanview icons, however.)


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Anthony Giorgianni

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"Anthony Giorgianni"
I just played with PixVue. I don't have any icon issues in Windows Explorer.
BUT if I view photos in the PixVue Galleries (which I don't use), the
thumbnail in the galleries get little marks on them ONLY IF I have "Icon
Overlays" checked in the PixVue setting in Control Panel. Maybe you should
try that: go into Control Panel, click on the PixVue icon, click on the
"Shell" tab and take the check mark out of "Icon Overlays" and restart.
Maybe that will have some effect, though again it doe NOT affect how jpeg
icons look in Explorer (I am not using Irfanview icons, however.)
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Thanks, Anthony. Things have now moved on: I've lost the Explorer
icons after a reboot! See my separate post for details.

Re your suggestion: I think you've overlooked that I don't *have*
PixVue installed, so I can't play with its control panel! This
behaviour of the icons disappearing after a reboot is what I'd
logically expect (given that they didn't disappear immediately on
uninstalling). The odd aspect is that another user reports that
reboots made no difference. He had to use TweakUI to remove the icons,
unwanted in his case.

I'd like them back!
 
Sorry Terry, I forgot you uninstalled PixVue.

I do not see your other post, incidentally.


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Anthony Giorgianni

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"Anthony Giorgianni"
Sorry Terry, I forgot you uninstalled PixVue.

I do not see your other post, incidentally.
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OK, thanks Anthony. This was it, in
Subject: Re: IrfanView icons?
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:57:22 +0000

"From a suggestion elsewhere, I'm wondering if this is in fact not
down to IrfanView but to PixVue? I installed that briefly, but then
uninstalled it, for time being at least. So it would be very strange
if it had caused this effect and not restored everything on
uninstallation..."
 
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