Option to not create a favorites folder everywhere

[jtabox]

Hi,

I saw that you recently implemented the functionality to run MetadataViewer with an image filename as an argument, so that it opens directly with that image loaded.

That was great because it's a great functionality. I've added it as an option in the context menu when I right click images in Windows Explorer, in case anyone is interested:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\CheckMetadata]
"Icon"="\"C:\\Progs\\Gfx\\MetadataViewer\\MetadataViewer.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\CheckMetadata\command]
@="\"C:\\Progs\\Gfx\\MetadataViewer\\MetadataViewer.exe\" \"%1\""

It works fine, but there's a small issue: every time I right click an image in some random folder, MetadataViewer creates a subfolder structure (data\favorites\images) in that folder. This kinda degrades this whole functionality, as I end up with multiple such subfolder structures all over the place whenever I want to check individual images.

Is there some way to deactivate this subfolder creation process? There's already one such subfolder structure created in the program's folder when it's opened without an image, so it doesn't make much sense to have those subfolders pop up everywhere everytime one wants to check a single image, I'm not even sure the program looks for those subfolders if it's not opened in that specific directory.

It could either be an option so that it can be deactivated if desired, or alternatively, if it must create that subfolder structure where the image is (because of portability issues), it should at least wait until the user actually adds the image as a favorite.