Every time I launch XnViewPortable I get this prompt:
"Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer"
It's irritating and impractical to have to click Yes every time.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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That's XnView itself. A bug that should be reported to the main publisher as it affects their standard zip version as well. There's nothing we can do in the launcher to prevent it.
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Today I'm testing out a laptop with window 7 on it and i've either downloaded programs or started some and windows7 asks me that same question. I thought it was a windows7 behavior.
I could be wrong as this is the first time I have ever hand my hands on windows7
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John -- You sure that's XnView and not UAC?
Sounds like he's running it as an admin (necessary to save to folders outside the User directory, and directories he's given himself permission to write to) and if so, it will prompt you every time. XnView devs/PA.c devs can't do anything about it, if it's UAC.
A lot of apps are crippled if you don't run as admin in Win7. It's annoying. But it's better than Vista was. Even Linux does it, but not as often as either (and I've never used an application in Linux that needed elevated permissions, just system tools, mostly saw it with Synaptic).
It is a Windows 7 UAC prompt, but it will only do it if the app is trying to mess with something (I believe a file association in this case... which it should NOT be doing as a portable app).
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I use XnViewPortable as well on x64 Win7 Home Premium with UAC disabled. I've been scanning the registry with Nirsoft's RegScanner and the only things it finds when searching for "xnview" in HKCU, HKLM, HKCR, and HKU, is MRU cache entries, which Windows itself is the cause of. So it most definitely is not doing anything with file associations.
You will find there's 2 files in C:\Windows\Prefetch, in my case called XNVIEW.EXE-4341D204.pf and XNVIEWPORTABLE.EXE-AE28615F.pf.
Maybe this is what's triggering UAC.
Oh. Nevermind then. I actually have mine associated with the files it edits. So I guess that's why.
The PortableApps.com one can at least be configured to open images, right? I don't do it through the app itself, just Windows. And this is the one on the hard drive, not the one on the flash drive. That one doesn't get used in Win7 though.
Of course you can set file associations with PA.com apps. You just can't do it from within the apps themselves because the PA launcher wouldn't get called.
Instead do it through windows explorer, via right click > open with and point it at the PA launcher for your app. Be sure to check the box to always use this app.
There's also some decent freeware tools to help customize file associations.
I associate files with the launcher.
Shortly after installation, I get fed up with the Windows Picture Viewer, nice as it's become in Windows 7, and I right-click, Open With, Choose Program... then browse to the launcher and choose that.
Works with Audacity, Mp3tag, and XnView for sure. The first two are not Always Open associations, but once associated, I can right-click a sound file and open with one or the other.