gPhotoShow Pro - Slideshow FAQ

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Yes, it is possible by using filters. In the Filters section of the configuration window select monitor #1, enable the options Include and Full File Name Contains then in the text box enter an expression to identify your folder, for example if folder name is folder1 enter: *\\folder1\\*
Do the same for monitor #2 but enter the name of the second folder: *\\folder2\\*

Yes, it's is very easy. You can provide to gPhotoShow one or more lists of files ordered in the way you wish. Simply create a text file with a filename (with full path) on each line then save it with .glst file extension. Save it in a folder scanned by gPhotoShow (and different from the folder where the images are stored) and remove any other image from that folder, set sequential display with no sort and gPhotoShow will display images exactly as they are ordered in the text file. As last thing make sure the option "Include shortcuts to files and folders (*.lnk) and files lists (*.glst)" in the "Files Options" section is ticked.

This feature is called "Split Screen" and is available only when gPhotoShow Pro is used on a single monitor system. To enable it open the "Multiple Monitors" section of the configuration window and change the setting labeled "Split Screen" by choosing "Horizontal and Vertical

By default gPhotoShow Pro doesn't allow to display a different slideshow on each monitor but there are some command line switches which allows to run more than one instance of gPhotoShow Pro. Each instance can work only on the specified monitor, in this way you can run a different slideshow on each monitor.

/mX
Where X is the number of the monitor used for the slideshow. This option also disables the multiple instance check and allows more than one copy of gPhotoShow to run.

To start gPhotoShow Pro on monitor #1
gPhotoShow.exe /m1 /s mygss.gss
To start gPhotoShow Pro on monitor #2
gPhotoShow.exe /m2 /s mygss.gss

/qX
Closes gPhotoShow Pro instance that display a slideshow on monitor X

To close gPhotoShow Pro on monitor #1
gPhotoShow.exe /q1
To close gPhotoShow Pro on monitor #2
gPhotoShow.exe /q2

A full path name for gPhotoShow.exe and for the slideshow must be used !

For example to start 2 slideshows you could create a simple batch file. Create a text file with notepad,enter the following 2 lines:
start "" "c:\program files\gPhotoShow\gPhotoShow.exe" /m1 /s c:\pictures\myslide1.gss
start "" "c:\program files\gPhotoShow\gPhotoShow.exe" /m2 /s c:\pictures\myslide2.gss

Save the file with .BAT file extension and double click on it to run the command.

If you add images when gPhotoShow is not running it will automatically detect them on next startup and restarts the slideshow from beginning. If you add images while gPhotoShow is running it will detect and use them when all current images are displayed but only if you enabled the option "At the end of the show rebuilds the full file list" in the "Files Options" section. When this option is checked images list is updated when the slideshow finishes (ie. all images has been displayed).
Another option is to configure a hotkey for the action "Restart from beginning" (restart will also rebuild the list) so after copying the new images just press the restart key to start displaying the slideshow with the updated images.

Just set the option "Image List Empty" in the "Advanced Options" section of the gPhotoShow configuration dialog

gPhotoShow can order images by file name or by date/time. If you wish to show your images in a specific sequence, you must set the "Sort by File Name" option in the "Slideshow Option" section . Then your must rename your images to give them the wished sequence (for example the first image could be renamed to "001.jpg", the second "002.jpg" and so on)

It's a known issue. Desktop slideshow used an undocumented Windows feature, with the 24H2 update Microsoft changed the way desktop is handled and that trick no longer works. If we find a way to draw above the desktop (and under the icons) we will update gPhotoShow