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#41

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Folder Paths - Copy or enter

Last post by ssheen - October 08, 2026, 17:34:48

I may of missed this if it exists already, but if not, it would be nice to be able to copy the folder path, as well as paste or type it.

Thanks

#42

Support and Feedback / Re: Bug in image viewer

Last post by Mathias (Author) - October 04, 2026, 16:24:59

I don't this so as long as it fits into memory.

#43

Support and Feedback / Re: Bug in image viewer

Last post by nietrupek - October 04, 2026, 15:27:07

Is there any restriction on image dimension in  WIC? I have some very tall images and all but one are displayed by image viewer:
610x10789 - OK
540x16635 - fails

I don't think it is metada problem because rewriting file using my favourite tool (exiftool) doesn't help.
WebView displays image correctly.

#44

Support and Feedback / Re: Bug in image viewer

Last post by nietrupek - October 03, 2026, 16:50:53

Microsoft reader is a bit to strict. yes reading a value that is expected as SHORT as LONG can be a problem. But only if the value read actual is larger then MAX SHORT value. and this value can only be 0-6

No, value can be even MAX_SHORT - 1. This is the best and most detailed documentation I am aware of:
https://exiftool.sourceforge.net/TagNames/EXIF.html#Compression
It was created in 2005 and is refined and updated for 21 years.

But I guess Microsoft just follow the spec very strict.

However for the next version.. If it fails to loading an image because of metadata.. It will retry loading it without metadata.

Kudos to Microsoft. They SHOULD be strict. Years ago they added their own "enhancenents" everywhere, making a mess in programming world. Glad they stopped.

If you accept the suggestion: please show at least warning informing user that his file is problematic. If not, even a red dot in menu area would be better than nothing.

#45

Support and Feedback / Re: Bug in image viewer

Last post by Mathias (Author) - October 03, 2026, 11:36:26

Microsoft reader is a bit to strict. yes reading a value that is expected as SHORT as LONG can be a problem. But only if the value read actual is larger then MAX SHORT value. and this value can only be 0-6
But I guess Microsoft just follow the spec very strict.

However for the next version.. If it fails to loading an image because of metadata.. It will retry loading it without metadata.

[<-- WRONG TYPE, expected SHORT]

#46

Support and Feedback / Re: Bug in image viewer

Last post by nietrupek - October 03, 2026, 04:50:12

[IFD1 (thumbnail)] at offset 64, 3 entries
  0x0103 Compression                  LONG      count=1     inline   (6,) <-- WRONG TYPE, expected SHORT
  0x0201 JPEGInterchangeFormat        LONG      count=1     inline   (106,)
  0x0202 JPEGInterchangeFormatLength  LONG      count=1     inline   (1891,)

All clear now. I simply misunderstood your previous post. I was looking for KEY 0x0103 as LONG while you meant its VALUE (6). So, your AI was right. Here they are:

00000a0  00  03  01  04  00  01  00  00  00  06  00  00  00  01  02  04
00000b0  00  01  00  00  00  6a  00  00  00  02  02  04  00  01  00  00


If someone is interested how to repair such files: as JPEG compression is lossy, we must re-write matadata only while leaving image data intact.

This command reads metadata and writes them back:
c:> exiftool -all= -tagsfromfile @ -all:all -unsafe -icc_profile  plomyki.jpg

The result is attached. Viewer shows it properly.

Thank you for your support. I definitely learned something new.

#47

Support and Feedback / Re: Desc fields in MultiButton...

Last post by hacime - October 02, 2026, 11:59:31

to dynamically display button tooltips after changing the application language

#48

Support and Feedback / Re: Desc fields in MultiButton...

Last post by Mathias (Author) - October 02, 2026, 08:59:23

Why do you need to use text from language files for your personal config file.  You can just write the text,

[<desc>#{ExplorerPanel:m,201}</desc>]

#49

Support and Feedback / Re: Desc fields in MultiButton...

Last post by hacime - October 02, 2026, 08:24:40

thanks for quick reply, I wish something like <desc>#{ExplorerPanel:m,201}</desc> would be possible. Anyways, thanks for this great app.

[Additional issues in v17:]

#50

Beta Releases / Re: MC V17 Early Access PREVIE...

Last post by total_annihilation00 - October 02, 2026, 08:23:46

Don't find any issue with selection and checkboxes.. they are unselected.. Make sure you have configured it correctly.. that behavior is depending on Explorer Panel settings

Additional issues in v17:

• Selection isn't cleared when clicking empty space: In v16, clicking an empty area of the file pane (for example, the area below the items in a folder with only a few files, as indicated by the red circle in the screenshot) deselects the checked items and the focused item. In v17, they remain selected.
• Back/Forward navigation is inconsistent: The Toolbar's Back and Forward buttons sometimes navigate to an unrelated folder instead of the previous or next folder. I've encountered this a few times and will try to find a reproducible scenario.

**P.S.** The Column Layout is working flawlessly—thank you so much for implementing it! 😄