Hi, I just installed Irfanview 4.20 on a WinXP Pro SP3 machine, upgrading from version 3.99, and I found a bug: when, during installation, you choose to put the INI file in the user's Application data folder, the installer actually writes a C:\Program files\Irfanview\i_view32.ini file containing the following option (supposing you are installing as the Administrator user):
This totally thwarts the purpose of that installer option, because it allows setting program options only for the Administrator user who installed the application, while the original intent was to allow each user on the computer (I have some, also as limited accounts) to set his own options.
This is the correct option which should be written in the C:\Program files\Irfanview\i_view32.ini file, using the APPDATA environment variable:
This can of course be changed by hand, by an administrator, as a quick workaround, but it should be fixed in the installer nevertheless.
I've found this reported in a couple of old threads here, but it was a bit hidden and I've seen no acknowledgement by the author, so here is a more specific bug report.
Code:
INI_Folder=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\IrfanView\
This is the correct option which should be written in the C:\Program files\Irfanview\i_view32.ini file, using the APPDATA environment variable:
Code:
INI_Folder=%APPDATA%\IrfanView\
I've found this reported in a couple of old threads here, but it was a bit hidden and I've seen no acknowledgement by the author, so here is a more specific bug report.
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