Invalid PDFs locked by Draft QuickView
Posted: 2016 Aug 16, 20:23
Using version 3.2.0.2 with PDF-XChange Viewer 2.5.212 (XCShInfo.dll) on Win 8/64
When I browse in a local folder and highlight an invalid PDF file so that its contents appear in the Draft Preview, and then Preview a different file or
browse a different folder, the QuickViewer holds the PDF open and/or locked so that it cannot be deleted, moved, or renamed.
After exiting and restarting XP2...
If I am careful to not-preview the PDF in Draft mode, it *can* be deleted, moved, or renamed.
Or, if I hide the QuickViewer and then highlight the bad PDF, it behaves as expected.
Or, if I preview the bad PDF in Native mode, it behaves as expected.
Testing Steps
10 Mode-Native PDF-Good Preview-Ok
20 Mode-Native PDF-Bad Preview-Ok
30 Mode-Draft PDF-Good Preview-Ok
40 Mode-Draft PDF-Bad Preview-Ok
-- At this point the bug is triggered
50 Mode-Draft PDF-Bad Delete-Fail "The selection does not support this verb"
60 Mode-Draft PDF-Good Rename-Success
70 Mode-Draft PDF-Bad Rename-Fail "The action cannot be completed because the file is open in xplorer2, Close the file and try again."
-- At this point un-do the bug by either closing and reopening xp2 or closing the file handle with NirSoft's OpenedFilesView
80 Mode-Native PDF-Bad Rename-Success
Windows Explorer has the opposite problem while a PDF is displayed in the preview pane:
it can rename the bad PDF but cannot rename the good PDF ("open in Preview Handler Surrogate Host").
There is a trick to selecting the PDF for Rename or Delete without previewing - right-click the file. This works in XP2 because right-click selects only, without previewing. This fails in WinExp because right-click selects *and* previews.
Screencaps are available but they wouldn't link here from tinypic.com because "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image."
When I browse in a local folder and highlight an invalid PDF file so that its contents appear in the Draft Preview, and then Preview a different file or
browse a different folder, the QuickViewer holds the PDF open and/or locked so that it cannot be deleted, moved, or renamed.
After exiting and restarting XP2...
If I am careful to not-preview the PDF in Draft mode, it *can* be deleted, moved, or renamed.
Or, if I hide the QuickViewer and then highlight the bad PDF, it behaves as expected.
Or, if I preview the bad PDF in Native mode, it behaves as expected.
Testing Steps
10 Mode-Native PDF-Good Preview-Ok
20 Mode-Native PDF-Bad Preview-Ok
30 Mode-Draft PDF-Good Preview-Ok
40 Mode-Draft PDF-Bad Preview-Ok
-- At this point the bug is triggered
50 Mode-Draft PDF-Bad Delete-Fail "The selection does not support this verb"
60 Mode-Draft PDF-Good Rename-Success
70 Mode-Draft PDF-Bad Rename-Fail "The action cannot be completed because the file is open in xplorer2, Close the file and try again."
-- At this point un-do the bug by either closing and reopening xp2 or closing the file handle with NirSoft's OpenedFilesView
80 Mode-Native PDF-Bad Rename-Success
Windows Explorer has the opposite problem while a PDF is displayed in the preview pane:
it can rename the bad PDF but cannot rename the good PDF ("open in Preview Handler Surrogate Host").
There is a trick to selecting the PDF for Rename or Delete without previewing - right-click the file. This works in XP2 because right-click selects only, without previewing. This fails in WinExp because right-click selects *and* previews.
Screencaps are available but they wouldn't link here from tinypic.com because "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image."