Requested Skip file not found message

[tdr]

Would be a good option to add, when IrfanView cannot read a file with a known extension, instead of displaying message "Unknown file format or file not found!" it skips file and goes to the next file in a folder and the number of skipped files also are counted and displayed next to the file path.

for example Firefox cache files are without extension but I want to see image files with IrfanView. So first I rename all files to jpeg extension, then open IrfanView in full screen mode and I start browsing images and it is very annoying when after every two images it displays "Unknown file format or file not found!" message.

[Skippybox]

A supress errors option would be appreciable.

[Sam_Zen]

Browsing files in a directory with 'space' and 'backspace' automatically skips non-related files.
So this message is valid when a file pretends to be a known extension, but something's not right.

For example, one give it the JPG extension, while the file really is a GIF one.
IV just recognizes a wrong file-header, so brings up this message. I don't consider this an error in functioning.

If these messages should be skipped, I prefer a choice above a change.
Because it could be useful to be warned about a corrupt file, and investigate it.

[matera]

See this thread for a better way to go cache-dipping. Or use TrID to rename files. It's not foolproof for all file types, but it gets images right. I have a batchfile to convert my cache when I'm looking for lost items.

[ChuckE]

You do not need IrfanView to be associated with any file types, extensions, or even to have an extension, at all, for it to open an image.

Just open a Windows Explorer window and drag whatever you want into an open IrfanView window. If IrfanView can open it, it will; with a message saying the the file extension may be misnamed or missing and do you want it to rename it. You do not have to, it will open anyway.