GIF files do not show in thumbnail view

[TranZ]

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Version: 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4
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In thumbnail view GIF files do not show, instead there
is an ACDSee icon ( GIF files are set to open with ACDSee )

How do I get the GIF files to show in thumbnail view?
Registry perhaps?

 Any help or advice appreciated.
TranZ

 

[MadDog]

-----Original Message-----
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Version: 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4
__________________________---

In thumbnail view GIF files do not show, instead there
is an ACDSee icon ( GIF files are set to open with ACDSee )

How do I get the GIF files to show in thumbnail view?
Registry perhaps?

 Any help or advice appreciated.
TranZ


.

Create a file with this (everything between the *'s), and
call it gif.reg. Doubleclick to add it to your registry

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-
00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"

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MD

 

[TranZ]

<snip>
Create a file with this (everything between the *'s), and
call it gif.reg. Doubleclick to add it to your registry

**********************************************************
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-
00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"

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Thanks, but did that not work ( rebooted ) and no change.

Any other suggestions?

TranZ

 

[George Hester]

Go to Start | Run | regdit | OK and navigate to this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif

Make sure on the right you have:
Name: (Default)
Type: REG_SZ
Data: giffile

and

Name: Content Type
Type: REG_SZ
Data: image/gif.

Then do the same thing as before:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellEx
Name: (Default)
Default: (none)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}
Name: (Default)
Type: REG_SZ
Data: {7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}

This right above is the functionality of the Image Preview in Windows 2000 Explorer. Without that no Image Preview. This happens when installed image programs reassign image extensions to itself and removes this key and value. That is what ACDSee did. Don't blame them. Microsoft Office does the same thing to tif files. And then even Windows can do it to itself. It does the same thing to art files off and on.

 

[TranZ]

George
Thankyou for your help.
I am not too experienced with the registry
This is what is now showing
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif]
@="giffile"
"Content Type"=" image/gif."

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\giffile]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellEx]
"(Default)"="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
@="(none)"
*************************************************
Still no thumbnail preview for GIF files.
Any suggestions?

TranZ

 

[George Hester]

Right like I said the image program removed the (Default) value for this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}

You have:

Name: Default
Type: REG_SZ
Data: (none)

where you should have:

Name: Default
Type: REG_SZ
Data: {7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}

Highlight the above Data value right-click choose copy. Go to where you have (none) as above double-click it and in the blank rectangular text box (which you see as (none) rightclick inside it and choose paste. Then OK close out.

Image previews for gif now.

 

[TranZ]

George
At last it works.
Thankyou for your patience and help with this.

TranZ