open with

[Frédéric Da Vitoria]

OK, I did miss the sentence "If the corresponding programs are found 
under Windows, they will be displayed in the "Open With..." menu." Maybe 
this explains my situation. I have DK 8.3.0 and I have Gimp. Both are 
installed in my system (not just copied). I guess for some reason DK did 
not detect my Gimp when it upgraded from 8.2.0 to 8.3.0.

Le 16/04/2024 à 18:12, frederic chaume a écrit :
> HI
>
> Just read the initial answer from Maik (below in the this thread) , 
> all is included with the correct path for the "applications" folder, 
> and note this require DK8.3
>
> regards
> Frederic
>
>
>
> Le 16/04/2024 à 14:30, Frédéric Da Vitoria a écrit :
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I checked on my Windows 11 system, C:\Program Files\digiKam\data 
>> contains no "applications" folder. I found quite a few *.desktop 
>> files, but in seemingly unrelated folders (templates, themes, 
>> locale...) and none of them contains the word gimp.
>>
>> When I first used the Open With option, I found no preconfigured 
>> application. I got an error message which I did not think of copying 
>> because I thought I would be able to trigger it again. Now, when I 
>> use Open With, I get a list obviously generated by Windows, 
>> containing software installed on my system and suggesting Gimp (which 
>> is not bad at all).
>>
>> I would be perfectly happy using the Open With option this way, but I 
>> was wondering why I did not have the "applications" folder. I have 
>> been using (and upgrading) digiKam since 2020, so could this be 
>> because somehow my installation got slightly broken somewhere along 
>> the way? Or because I am using an non-admin user account?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Le 16/04/2024 à 12:44, Andrej Valencic a écrit :
>>> Thanks Maik for this additional info, I'll try this out.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Andrej
>>>
>>> On 16/04/2024 12:35, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>>>> Yes, I forgot IrfanView, I'll add it.
>>>> Use this directory in the user area for your own *.desktop files:
>>>>
>>>> C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\applications\
>>>>
>>>> If the "applications" folder doesn't exist yet, simply create it 
>>>> and paste the
>>>> *.desktop file there.
>>>>
>>>> Maik
>>>>
>>>> Am Dienstag, 16. April 2024, 08:55:35 MESZ schrieb Andrej Valencic:
>>>>> Well, I tried to do this for IrfanView on my PC, but there is no such
>>>>> directory on my installation.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only place where I found *.desktop files is: C:\Program
>>>>> Files\digiKam\data\applications
>>>>> So I made an IrfanView.desktop file and put it in there (it's not
>>>>> straightforward because of the permissions on this directory set by
>>>>> Windows). Now it works and I have IrfanView in the list of "Open 
>>>>> With"
>>>>> as an option. But I guess this is going to be overwritten by the next
>>>>> upgrade installation and I'll have to do it again?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Andrej
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15/04/2024 18:46, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Frederic,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, we already include so-called *.desktop files from some 
>>>>>> well-known
>>>>>> programs. This format comes from the Linux world. If the 
>>>>>> corresponding
>>>>>> programs are found under Windows, they will be displayed in the 
>>>>>> "Open
>>>>>> With..." menu. Which DXO version do you have installed? We have 
>>>>>> created a
>>>>>> corresponding file for the current DXO-7.
>>>>>> You can add some yourself manually by creating a *.desktop file 
>>>>>> in the
>>>>>> directory:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\applications\
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The *.desktop file should be created in Unix text format. As an 
>>>>>> example,
>>>>>> the dxo7.desktop file. If you have created a working one, you can 
>>>>>> also
>>>>>> send it to me and we will add it to the installer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dxo7.desktop
>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------- [Desktop Entry]
>>>>>> Type=Application
>>>>>> Name=DxO Photolab 7
>>>>>> Name[fr]=DxO Photolab 7
>>>>>> Exec="%ProgramFiles%/DxO/DxO PhotoLab 7/DxO.PhotoLab.exe" %f
>>>>>> Icon="%ProgramFiles%/DxO/DxO PhotoLab 7/DxO.PhotoLab.exe"
>>>>>> MimeType=image/jpg;image/raw
>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maik
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am Montag, 15. April 2024, 15:54:33 MESZ schrieb frederic chaume:
>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>> Using DK8.3 on windows, I see that "open with" is coming with some
>>>>>>> default application (Gimp, paint, ShowFoto). Is there a way to add
>>>>>>> another application in the default list ? (in my case I'm using 
>>>>>>> DXO for
>>>>>>> the Raw)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> Frederic


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Frédéric Da Vitoria