Reported "Open in Windows Explorer" in Thumbnails doesn't work with WIN98

[pinza]

When selecting "Open in Windows Explorer" nothing happens...

Windows 98 - Irfanview Thumbnails 4.37

Anyway, thanks for all...

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

It works OK on Windows 7. I don't see any reason for the latest version to support Windows XP, let alone Windows 98. I know there's still a few users still using these old Operating Systems, but according to WC3 Browser stats, only 0.1% were using Windows 98 in December 2008, and stats are no longer listed.

[Gownaar]

XP is still one of the most used OSes. The stats you linked to are heavily biased; it clearly says "collected from W3Schools' log-files", meaning in practice that those are not the stats for general population but only the part that's learning web development. These are the real numbers, from a site widely accepted as a reliable source of unbiased stats: OS market share (June 2014)

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

XP is still one of the most used OSes

OK, then, but Windows 98 doesn't even register on that chart and the proportion of users is just 0.01%, even less than the site that I referred to, so if this bug does not affect Windows XP is it worth fixing?

[Gownaar]

Not really, Win98 is indeed practically extinct. Pinza, is your hardware really that old? PII/128 MB RAM is enough to run XP. If you stick with Win98, IrfanView will be the least of your problems.

[Mij]

Since so few of us still have Windows 98 we cannot check this. It works with my Windows 7 set to Win98 compatibility mode but that is not definitive.

I am more surprised that you want to use the feature at all since it only applies to folders in the "tree" on the left of the Thumbnails window. I have not used it before in nearly 20 years. In truth, did not even know it was there. What do you want to use it for pinza?

[Jacal]

I can confirm the "problem". For some reason it can open "My documents" in explorer, but no other folder. In windows 2000 everything is OK. Tested on virtual machines.