Settings

The program Image Viewer provides various settings that are used to “fine tune” the application. This section wants to provide an overview about these settings as well as to explain their meaning and effects. But beforehand, take a closer look at figure below to get a first impression about the program’s Settings dialog box.

Dialog box to adjust settings in program Image Viewer.

As shown in figure above, the program’s Settings dialog box is split into two parts. A list of different settings groups can be seen at the dialog’s left side and the belonging settings group is located at the dialog’s right side.

Furthermore, the above shown dialog box includes the three buttons [Default], [OK], and [Cancel] at its bottom. The meaning of buttons [OK] and [Cancel] should be clear, so far. Therefore, they shouldn’t be discussed in detail here. On the other hand, button [Default] suggests that this button is responsible to reset the whole program to its original settings. This is true, so far, but the original settings are only restored for the settings page that is currently active! If users want to reset for example all settings, they have to click this button for every settings page again and again. Another method to setup all original settings is explained in subsection Factory Settings, here below in this section.

But now let’s dive into the details of every setting page. Therefore, see following sections.

Right here it should also be noted, that some of the program settings cannot be reset via button [Default]. Such settings are for example the size and location of the main window, the visibility of the navigator, the alignment of the toolbars, and many more. If someone wants to change these settings to its original values, then it becomes necessary to delete the program’s configuration file as described below.

Last but not least, some additional words about main window positioning. One of the main features of program Image Viewer is the validation of last known main window position. This is especially very useful against the background that computers are able to operate with more than one monitor. For example, a user usually works with two monitors. The program has been started and its main window appears on first monitor. As next the user moves the main window onto second monitor and terminated the program afterwards. Now the second monitor is unplugged. If program Image Viewer is restarted under those conditions, it recognizes the “problem” and automatically moves the main window into the visible area. This feature ensures, in contrast to other programs, that program Image Viewer does not suddenly become “invisible” and users cannot continue working.

Factory Settings

As already indicated previously, it is possible to reset program Image Viewer to its factory settings using dialog box Settings. But seriously this method is a little bit “overloaded” with mouse clicks. Therefore, it is also possible to reset the program to its factory settings by deleting its configuration file. This way is quite as intended and in the end much easier than using the Settings dialog box.

To delete the program’s configuration file simply open a Windows Explorer and move to the directory where the program’s executable file is located. This might be for example folder C:\Program Files\Image Viewer if the installation instructions have been followed. Inside that directory try to find the file named ImageViewer.xml select it and press keyboard key DEL. But keep in mind, the program Image Viewer should not run while deleting its configuration file. This is because the configuration is rewritten with currently used settings as soon as the running program instance is terminated.

Just one more note, but only for readers who are interested in deeper details. The program’s configuration is a pure text file and can be opened with any kind of text editor. However, it is strongly discouraged to manipulate the content of the configuration file manually!

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