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Start slide show (jpeg, jpg photos) with IrfanView image viewer. 

However, many of us still deem standart  Paint or Imaging to be rather inconvenient as a image viewer tool. That is the reason for many advanced PC users switch to Irfan View - one of the most popular viewers worldwide.

Meta Commander Pro the fastest way to find your picture or photo gallery and start slide show with IrfanView image viewer. 

Download and install Meta Commander Pro.

To configure Meta Commander first select  "Options"  menu item.  Switch to "External programs (file-managers)"  tab. In the "Right mouse click + CTRL" edit box choose path to the IrfanView image viewer.

Choose path to the i_view32.exe file.

Pic 1. Choose path to IrfanView (i_view32.exe) image viewer.

Next time you need to start slideshow with IrfanView simple  right click on the Desktop and in the context menu select the "My computer" option. All available disks will be shown as the menu items.

Select path to folder which condain side show

Pic.2 Simple right click on the Desktop to open context menu.

Choosing a disk opens a submenu containing folders located on that disk. In its turn, choosing one of the folders displays its subfolders as submenu entries. Proceeding in such a successive manner you will get to the target directory.

Right mouse click +CTRL" on  folder menu item to start slide show with IrfanView image viewer.

Pic 4. "Right mouse click +CTRL" on  folder menu item to start slide show with IrfanView image viewer.

It was as simple as that without this annoying double-click. We are in the target folder. Select folder which contain pictures and press right mouse button with holded CTRL key.   This will start slide show with IrfanView.

Whole operation takes just a few seconds to complete. The effect is as more considerable as more complicated folders tree structure is operated.

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Why choose Meta Commander as additional file manager?

Meta Commander is a smart pop-up menu containing all your disks, folders and files. It can be called from anywhere you need it. Extremely easy-to-use, very customizable, Meta Commander greatly boosts the speed of your file browsing. Once you install it, you can perform a variety of actions depending on file object selected when right-clicking. One thing that is constant is that you only need ONE click to do anything!

  • Open folder in new Explorer window;
  • Open folder in new window of an external program (e.g. Total Commander, Far, ACDSee);
  • Change folder in the current Explorer window;
  • Change folder in current Total Commander window;
  • Change folder in standard Open or Save As dialog windows (MS Office applications supported);
  • Configurable virtual folders for grouping files basing on filename and extension;
  • Open document (file);
  • Open files with your favorite application (such as MS Office, IrfanView, ACDSee );
  • Run a program modifying the command line arguments;
  • Get most recently used folders list (folder access History support);
  • Get "Favorites" folders list;

    System requerements

    Supported OS'es: MS Windows 98/Me/2000/Xp
    IE: 4.0 or greater

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    How to...

  • Open folder contents in Total Commander window 
  • Open directory contents with Far-manager
  • Open folder in the new Explorer window
  • Select folder in the Open/SaveAs dialog box

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  • Open folder


    Open folder in the Explorer
    Open folder contents with your favorite file manager
    Samples...
    Open folder contents in Total Commander window
    Open directory contents with Far-manager


    Change folder


    Select folder in the Explorer
    Change directory  in the Total Commander
    Select folder in the dialog box


    Spesial folders


    History folder
    Favorite list, bookmark your folders
    Current folder


    Copy, move files(folders).


    Copy file, folder or create shortcuts
    Move file. Move folder
    Copy file path to the Windows clipboard


    Working with pictures


    View pictures with IrfanView image viewer
    Start slide show with IrfanView image viewer



     

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