Installation:
Download the program and unzip it if needed.
Place the program (single .exe file) anywhere you like.
All Done. Double left mouse click to run it just like everything else.
First Time Use:
When you use it for the first time, you will get a Welcome New User window. Whether your understand it or not, just click OK. The program will create your own profile in your Document folder; each user has their own profile.
Screen Saver:
Make a copy of the .exe file.
Change .exe to .scr. If you cannot change file extension, please check your windows explore setting to unlock file extension.
Copy the .scr file and paste it under "Windows" folder in your hard drive.
Go to the place where you set up windows screen saver.
You will see my program available to use.
If you don't like keep seeing Windows Security Warning, you can un-check the box.
If you are not an administrator, you can set up the privilege level in file property window. You need administrator right when setting this up.
Main Rules for Navigation:
There are three types of display modes.
Home
Image Preview (Group by Folder/Folder Group)
Full Size Image
Home is the first thing you see when you start the application. It only show ONE thumb image per sub-folder It is a grand view to the folders you added to this application. Image Preview shows all thumb images under the folder. Full Size Image is self-explanatory.
At Home, you can click the folder name to preview the folder content. Or you can double click the image to only preview the folder that the image is in.
At Preview, you can double click the image to open up the full size image in your default image application, such as Windows Photo Gallery which offers photo editing features.
Navigation Modes:
There are three types of navigation mode, Standard Mode, Special Mode 1, and Special Mode 2. You need to understand the standard navigation rules above (it is a Standard Mode type). You can change the navigation mode by clicking the box that tells your current mode. Special Modes opens up multiple full size images at same time, so, you don't have to view them one by one.
Here is a overview of how it works:
Standard Mode:
Home -> Image Preview (Group by Folder) -> Single Full Size Image
Special Mode 1:
Home -> Image Preview (Group by Folder) -> All Full Size Image in the Folder -> Single Full Size Image
Special Mode 2:
Home -> Image Preview (Group by Folder Group) -> All Full Size Image in the Folder Group -> Single Full Size Image
What's a Folder Group (Only for Special Mode 2)?
If you have FolderA and FolderB that are stored in the same parent folder FolderP, FolderA and FolderB are part of the folder group FolderP.