Solved IrfanPaint dialog does not display

[dasadler]

I was able to successfully install 4.51 and the plugins. Once installed, though, I could not get the Paint dialog to display. Thinking this was due to the paint extension not having been ported to 64 bit, I uninstalled the 64 bit version and installed the 32 bit version. Unfortunately I am still unable to get the Paint dialog.

F12 does not do anything and the menu item 'Edit|Show Paint dialog' is grayed out.

Any ideas?

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Check on the help menu and look to make sure that you installed the plugins in the right place.

[dasadler]

It looks okay from what I can tell (see screenshot). Honestly I am a little confused by all the add-ins and extensions. I D/L all the 32 bit extensions and now I have a lot of dll files but do not know how to get them into Irfanview.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Install 32-bit plugins in the (x86) folder for 32-bit IrfanView.
Install 64-bit plugins in the program folder for 64-bit IrfanView.

It is recommended to use 32-bit IrfanView unless you're working on large images.

From the IrfanView Site:

• Advantages of IrfanView 32-bit over 64-bit version:
• Runs on a 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
• Loads all files/images for normal needs (max. RAM size is about 1.3 GB)
• Needs less disc space
• All PlugIns will work: not all PlugIns are ported (yet) to 64-bit (like OCR) and some 32-bit PlugIns must be still used in the 64-bit version, some with limitations (see the "Plugins32" folder)
• Some old 32-bit PlugIns (like RIOT and Adobe 8BF PlugIn) work only in compatibilty mode in IrfanView-64
• Command line options for scanning (/scan etc.) work only in 32-bit (because no 64-bit TWAIN drivers)

[dasadler]

I do not understand what your reply means with regard to the Paint dialog not displaying. What am I missing?

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Have you opened a picture in IrfanView?

[dasadler]

No, I had not opened a picture. I just did, however, and the paint dialog does display. Sorry for wasting your time. I should have realized that the paint would not display until there was something (an image) to paint.

That said, I did move some dlls to the plugin folder but there are so many of them. Is there any place I can look to see what the different plugins actually do?

Thank you for your patience

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Take a look at the txt files in C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\ e.g. i_plugins.txt and i_options.txt