Can .jpg files display as thumbnails on DESKTOP?

G

George

Hi,

I saw the same question below but it was not really
answered.
I would like to set my WIN XP Pro so that .jpg files
that are placed on the desktop work area displayed as
thumbnails and one can see the graphic content of each
file.

As it is the desktop there is no toolbar as such... just
the taskbar and therefor no place to select VIEW etc.

I know that this is possible for I also have seen it done
but alas, the owner also did know remember how it had
been accomplished.

Is there anyone out there who might know where such a
configuation change can be made?

Thanks,

George
 
G

Guest

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I saw the same question below but it was not really
answered.
I would like to set my WIN XP Pro so that .jpg files
that are placed on the desktop work area displayed as
thumbnails and one can see the graphic content of each
file.

As it is the desktop there is no toolbar as such... just
the taskbar and therefor no place to select VIEW etc.

I know that this is possible for I also have seen it done
but alas, the owner also did know remember how it had
been accomplished.

Is there anyone out there who might know where such a
configuation change can be made?

Thanks,

George




.
I tried renaming some pictures as icon files (*.ico),
sending them to desktop, then renaming the original back
(the shortcut stays ico), it worked for some bitmaps and
not others, but not any of the .jpg's that I tried.

I think the toolbar that was mentioned earlier was
refering to the windows explorer toolbar.
 
G

Guest

-----Original Message-----

sending them to desktop, then renaming the original back
(the shortcut stays ico), it worked for some bitmaps and
not others, but not any of the .jpg's that I tried.

I think the toolbar that was mentioned earlier was
refering to the windows explorer toolbar.
.
Alternatively you could change the icon, right click on
the icon > shortcut > change icon > browse.
Download some suitable icons to a folder somewhere you can
find easily.
 
G

George

Dear Kelly,

Thanks for the tweaks... I tried this but .JPG files are
not amoung the file types listed on the menu for this
tweak..... I ran it anyway and dropped a file onto my
desktop and it still displayed with the generic icon for
the associated display program.....

George
-----Original Message-----
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Hi,

I saw the same question below but it was not really
answered.
I would like to set my WIN XP Pro so that .jpg files
that are placed on the desktop work area displayed as
thumbnails and one can see the graphic content of each
file.

As it is the desktop there is no toolbar as such... just
the taskbar and therefor no place to select VIEW etc.

I know that this is possible for I also have seen it done
but alas, the owner also did know remember how it had
been accomplished.

Is there anyone out there who might know where such a
configuation change can be made?

Thanks,

George

.
 
K

Kelly

Sorry about that. I overlooked the mention of desktop, and thought that jpg
was added, but because this doesn't seem to be a common occurrence, it
wasn't.


Dear Kelly,

Thanks for the tweaks... I tried this but .JPG files are
not amoung the file types listed on the menu for this
tweak..... I ran it anyway and dropped a file onto my
desktop and it still displayed with the generic icon for
the associated display program.....

George
 

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