When opening text files, such as a list of file names for use in a slideshow, if the text file uses UTF-8 characters but is not saved as UTF-8 BOM (base only media), then IrfanView will incorrectly parse the file. Thus any file with unicode characters will be inaccessible.
It is possible to go into like, Notepad++, and then change the encoding and save the file (from UTF to UTF BOM).
It is a cryptic error that will cause people to report unicode bugs, unopenable files, etc..
You can avoid this by detecting the encoding of the text file based on the text contents. This is a routine thing done by lots of programs so there should be something you can just copy and paste from github for your next update
It is possible to go into like, Notepad++, and then change the encoding and save the file (from UTF to UTF BOM).
It is a cryptic error that will cause people to report unicode bugs, unopenable files, etc..
You can avoid this by detecting the encoding of the text file based on the text contents. This is a routine thing done by lots of programs so there should be something you can just copy and paste from github for your next update
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