Reported Space-key jump to wrong image of another folder, if path has unicode

[johnny_temp]

To whom it may concern,

Problem: if I open an image which path has chinese characters, frequently pressing space-key to jump to next image not work, with IrfanView.

Steps to reproduce:
1. extract the Test_Dir to under "C:"
2. open first image by IrfanView inside "阿哥、小慧婚禮"
3. press space key, it jumps to "Some unicode paths not work with irfanview.txt" file, which is outside "阿哥、小慧婚禮" folder.
(Remark: Sometimes, it may jump to an image of a totally irrelevant folder during my normal uses)

I love IrfanView much and use its "Batch conversion" feature. However, this path problem exists for many years (> 4 years at least), and
quite disturb my experience on Irfanview. I wish that it could be fixed.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Johnny.

[johnny_temp]

Some update, that disable "Properites - Language - Load Unicode Plugin ..." may work

Now, a trick worked after I read this post: https://irfanview-forum.de/showthrea...hlight=unicode

I disabled "Properites - Language - Load Unicode Plugin ...", and tested that now seems all tested paths now work. (I tested 20 minutes only)

Some times ago, I read some thread to ask me to enable that option. And it is strange that now need to disable it again? (by user themselves)

It is quite confusing. But it is good news that the trick seems make IrfanView more robust for me so far (20 minutes). :-) Will update if something not work with the trick.

Really hope the unicode filename handling is more robust for default IrfanView option. Thanks a lot.

More Config info:
- Windows 7 32-bit, Chinese Home Premium Edition
- IrfanView 4.35, with ANSI2UNICODE.DLL 0.2.7 plugin. (It's the all plugins version)

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

The latest version is 4.38 - please upgrade and amend yours user profile too.