by omniplex (Posted Sat Apr 02, 2016 3:44 am)
(Needs confirmation): I think I found and fixed the root cause of this issue with regedit. When explorer suggests to open a file extension with something it uses the HKCR\Applications, that is HKCR\Applications\XnView.exe\shell\open\command value (RegSZ) "C:\Program Files (x86)\XnView\xnview.exe""%1", where the path depends on the installation, e.g., no " (x86)" on a 32-bits Windows.
For unknown reasons the "%1" was AWOL in my registry, i.e., XnView was started without a clue for which file or folder it was started.
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(Needs confirmation): I think I found and fixed the root cause of this issue with regedit. When explorer suggests to open a file extension with something it uses the HKCR\Applications, that is HKCR\Applications\XnView.exe\shell\open\command value (RegSZ) "C:\Program Files (x86)\XnView\xnview.exe""%1", where the path depends on the installation, e.g., no " (x86)" on a 32-bits Windows.
For unknown reasons the "%1" was AWOL in my registry, i.e., XnView was started without a clue for which file or folder it was started.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\xnview.exe\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\XnView\\xnview.exe\" \"%1\""
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