Irfanview batch conversion problem.

[Dexahol]

This is another of those "oddball" things that happens.

I have a lot of guitar pics on my computer. A lot of these came from Fenders website. (Here's an example.)
Most of these are around 400-500 pixels wide, and they all are 1250 pixels tall. So, there are two functions I always like to perform, to make it easier to view them on my computer:

1. I simply rotate them right. (Clockwise 90 degree's.) This makes their aspect ratio match the monitor screen better.

2. Resize the width, (which is now 1250), down to 1000. (My monitor is set for 1024 x 768 resolution.)

Since I have so many of these, (virtually all of them from the website), I thought I'd give the batch conversion a try. It seemed pretty simple. I selected "batch conversion" from the File menu. I selected to use the same folder, delete the originals, rotate all to the right, and resize to 1000 pixels wide. I selected all the files in the folder, and hit "Start".

The batch-conversion window, seemed to indicate that it proccessed all files successfully. But here's the weird quirk.

Those particular files no longer show up in Irfanview. If I select that directory, it appears empty. (Only using Irfanview.) They show up fine in Windows Explorer, and in any other graphics program I use, ACDSee, NeoPaint, etc. And, they weren't processed at all. They are still vertically orientated and 1250 pixels tall.

I've shutdown, and restarted Irfanview, to no avail. This just doesn't make any sense. Anyone have any ideas about what might be happening here?

Thanks; Dex

[wonderinguy34]

Make sure its the same folder and not just one named the same but in a different locationi.e.

C:\Windows\Desktop\guitar as opposed to D:\ guitar ,I've made that mistake before.

[Dexahol]

Wow . . . amazing call wonderinguy34! Thats exactly what happened. I had those pics duplicated in another folder, and wasn't operating on the folder that I thought I was.

So the question now becomes a little simpler. What might I have done wrong to cause none of the batch process to work . . . save for "delete the originals"?

Thanks.

[Dexahol]

Part Duex; Your answer has now led me to what the problem is. Apparently, you can't really use the "Delete originals" or "overwrite originals" if you have the destination folder the same as the source folder. Which sort of makes sense, but then again, doesn't. I would think that one would want to batch process the originals, and replace them with the processed files.

But anyway, thanks again wonderinguy34. You led me to my answer.