Why does Windows Viewer minimized every viewed pic?


  1. Posts : 96
    Windows 7 Pro 64
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    Why does Windows Viewer minimized every viewed pic?


    1. Is there any way to keep Windows Photo Viewer from leaving every pic I view, minimized down in the task bar?
    When I scan pics (sequentially numbered .tif files) I just want to view them and Not have them automatically saved at the bottom.

    2. Conversely, is there a way to delete the #$%^ minimized pics with 1 motion instead of having to delete each one individually from the task bar?

    3. It's also annoying that if I actually hit the up/down/enter keys to continue scanning vs the right/left arrow keys, the viewer usually locks up and I have to then manually click on the right/left viewer arrows to continue scanning.

    4. Is there a better viewer I should be using?
    Last edited by robls99; 16 Sep 2014 at 18:38.
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  2. Posts : 96
    Windows 7 Pro 64
    Thread Starter
       #2

    This is still bedeviling me.

    Is there any way to turn this feature off?
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  3. Posts : 1,519
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.10, Linux Mint 17, Windows 10 Pro TP
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    2. Conversely, is there a way to delete the #$%^ minimized pics with 1 motion instead of having to delete each one individually from the task bar?
    I'd right-click the Taskbar, click Properties and on the Taskbar tab and in the Taskbar buttons: section choose "Always combine, hide labels" then you can right-click the group of icons and choose "Close all windows". I do it frequently as I nearly always have 2 copies of Firefox and 2 or more copies of Windows Explorer open at the same time.
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  4. Posts : 96
    Windows 7 Pro 64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thanks Berton, we'll give it a try.

    Rob

    PS: Just in case, is there another Windows Viewer that you could recommend if I wanted to pursue it?
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  5. Posts : 1,519
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.10, Linux Mint 17, Windows 10 Pro TP
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    There's a few good ones, some free such as Irfanview and Gimp. A paid-for program would be Alchemy Mindworks Graphics Workshop, not too expensive.
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  6. Posts : 96
    Windows 7 Pro 64
    Thread Starter
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    ok, thanks again, I'll look into them.
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