Irfanview in Wine cannot open graphics files

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Irfanview in Wine cannot open graphics files

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Installed WineHQ in Linux Mint 19.2 in a dual boot desktop (Windows 10). Then, installed Irfanview from snap, but on opening a graphics file with Irfanview, the message says that does not recognize the header. This applies to either .jpg and .png.
The images are stored in a NTSF drive mounted by fstab, and they are read and write. Copied them to the local Linux Pictures folder, but the problem is the same. Other graphic apps in Linux have no problem opening these files wherever they are stored.
Also, the /media folders are invisible to the Wine File Explorer. Is it because admin rights? Essentially, I don't yet know what I am doing.
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Re: Irfanview in Wine cannot open graphics files

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I can't reproduce this problem in a clean Wineprefix with Wine 4.20 on Debian Sid.
Could you post a terminal output?
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Re: Irfanview in Wine cannot open graphics files

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Thanks for the reply. I am not sure what you mean. Are you referring to the Linux terminal? Because I activate it from the Graphics menu.
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Re: Irfanview in Wine cannot open graphics files

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Are you referring to the Linux terminal?
Yes, read the link for more information.
https://wiki.winehq.org/Wine_User%27s_G ... mmand_line
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Re: Irfanview in Wine cannot open graphics files

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jkfloris wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:26 am Yes, read the link for more information.
https://wiki.winehq.org/Wine_User%27s_G ... mmand_line
Thank you for the link and your help is very much appreciated. The instructions on the page are very clear.
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Re: Irfanview in Wine cannot open graphics files

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@jkfloris, unfortunately, I am still unable to open any graphic file. When I click an image to open with Irfanview by the context menu, it fails. But, when I search and open a file in the Irfanview file browser, it works. I assume that there is a file missing?
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