Nik Efex?

[Stagecoach]

For it's not developed and installed as a stand alone program.

George

Not sure where you are coming from with this comment George, but it could confuse and mislead.

For someone as Louise trying to get it to work as 'stand alone' your comment infers it will not which is not correct.

An example of it running 'stand alone' in Win 10..........................

[george013]

Not sure where you are coming from with this comment George, but it could confuse and mislead.

For someone as Louise trying to get it to work as 'stand alone' your comment infers it will not which is not correct.

An example of it running 'stand alone' in Win 10..........................

It is developed as a plugin and that what it's still is. But you can use it as a stand alone program. I can't change that. In your example there's a file tab. There're 1 or 2 by, by head for I can't check it on this pc, that don't have that. There you've to move the file to the exe-file to open them. It works, but not with the standard expectations you've of a program.
I think as long Louise doesn't say what she is doing and/or seeing, it's a waist of time.

Mike,

You don't have a choice. It's in the program and the installer.

George

[Shadowman]

This shows how to do both methods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzcbM9JPFVI

[Stagecoach]

That's a good explanatory video John.

[george013]

This shows how to do both methods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzcbM9JPFVI

It explains how to open the software as a standalone, exactly how it is told here several times.

Mention the first remark under the video.

You can't use all of Nik tools as standalone. Only HDR, Color Efex, Analog Efex allow you to open images. Remaining others tool not allow you to open the images

These programs don't have a file tab. To open these with an image you must drag the image file to the exe file. Then it opens with the dragged file.

I think the programs with a file tab, like the one in the video, have a 64-bit shell around it. I can't open them in xp, 32-bit.

George