Graphic file previews gone in Explorer

[Steve N.]

After removing Corel Draw and associated components from a Win2K Pro box
I no longer have previews in the left pane using Explorer and selecting
(single click) graphics files. How do I ge the previews back? I can't
find anything in Folder Options that seems related. I know they are
available native in Win2K as another box that never has had any graphics
suite software installed shows the previews in Explorer.

Thanks,
Steve

 

[George Hester]

The easiest thing to do is concentrate on one file type first. Let's consider jpg. Make sure in the registry the entry HKCR\.jpg is set to (default) REG_SZ jpegfile. Then make sure you have this below that key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx
(default) REG_SZ not set

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}
(default) REG_SZ {7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}

The above two entries are what gives you the image preview. That long "number" is the CLSID of the component which gives you the preview.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}
(default) REG_SZ TridentImageExtractor
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}\InProcServer32
(default) REG_EXPAND_SZ %SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll
ThreadingModel Both REG_SZ Both

 

[Steve N.]

The easiest thing to do is concentrate on one file type first. Let's consider jpg. Make sure in the registry the entry HKCR\.jpg is set to (default) REG_SZ jpegfile. Then make sure you have this below that key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx
(default) REG_SZ not set

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}
(default) REG_SZ {7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}

The above two entries are what gives you the image preview. That long "number" is the CLSID of the component which gives you the preview.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}
(default) REG_SZ TridentImageExtractor
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}\InProcServer32
(default) REG_EXPAND_SZ %SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll
ThreadingModel Both REG_SZ Both

Thanks for the reponse George. I will look into this.

Steve

 

[Steve N.]

The easiest thing to do is concentrate on one file type first. Let's
consider jpg. Make sure in the registry the entry HKCR\.jpg is set
to (default) REG_SZ jpegfile. Then make sure you have this below
that key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx (default) REG_SZ not set

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}
(default) REG_SZ {7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}

The above two entries are what gives you the image preview. That
long "number" is the CLSID of the component which gives you the
preview.

I have the above two entries.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}
(default) REG_SZ TridentImageExtractor
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}\InProcServer32
(default) REG_EXPAND_SZ %SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll
ThreadingModel Both REG_SZ Both

I have no HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID at all. Am I to understand I need to
add these two entries?

Thanks again,
Steve

 

[George Hester]

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George Hester
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I have the above two entries.


I have no HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID at all. Am I to understand I need to
add these two entries?

This is not possible. You must have HKCR\CLSID or your system would not work at all. So what we may have is a security issue. Make sure you are accessing regedit as Administrator. Here's a link to what I told you.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192573/EN-US/

 

[Steve N.]

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This is not possible. You must have HKCR\CLSID or your system would not work at all. So what we may have is a security issue. Make sure you are accessing regedit as Administrator. Here's a link to what I told you.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192573/EN-US/

My mistake. I was looking at entries starting with a "." off of
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Both those entries are there also.

Steve

 

[Steve N.]

My mistake. I was looking at entries starting with a "." off of
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Both those entries are there also.

Steve

I've read the article, the problem appears to be that I do not have the
"View as webpage" option for folders. Any ideas how to ge that option
back? I've searched some on Google and MS but found nothing yet.

Steve

 

[George Hester]

Well Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options... | View | General | Web View | check Enable Web content in folders | Apply | OK

Close Windows Explorer and re-open it.

 

[Steve N.]

Well Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options... | View | General | Web View | check Enable Web content in folders | Apply | OK

Close Windows Explorer and re-open it.

What I see here is Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options... General
| Web View | check Enable Web content in folders | Apply | OK

It is already checked.

I've managed to set specific folders to show image previews otherwise,
using Customize This Folder Options but it does not apply globaly. I
have to to do it for each folder.

Does this have anything to do with SP levels? I'm at SP3 here. Will SP4
have any effect on this?

Thans again George,
Steve

 

[George Hester]

We are into something now that is different than Image Preview. Image Preview is when you select a supported file type and get a image preview of it on the left-hand side of the right-side pane. The image thumbnails is where you see the image itself on the right-hand side instead of its icon representation based on its file type. In Windows Explorer.

Now if you want image preview for all your folders then that can be done although this is not recommened and can leade to ISSUES. What those issues are who can say. Don't do it. But to do that you would set one folder as Thumbnail view. Then with that folder selected you do as I said before but instead of the General tab you'll choose the View tab. In there you'll see Like Current Folder. Press that button shut down Windows Explorer and there you go next time you open Windows Explorer. Unfortunately this "View" will only be seen in folders which contain supported file types and which are images.

I wouldn't do this.

 

[George Hester]

I should also say that putting a folder to show images as thumbnails puts a desktop.ini in that folder. You do not what this in folders that already have one. Please do not set all like current folder using a folder in which you have thumbnail view enabled. You could really mess things up. And more than likely won't work anyway..

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George Hester
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We are into something now that is different than Image Preview. Image Preview is when you select a supported file type and get a image preview of it on the left-hand side of the right-side pane. The image thumbnails is where you see the image itself on the right-hand side instead of its icon representation based on its file type. In Windows Explorer.

Now if you want image preview for all your folders then that can be done although this is not recommened and can leade to ISSUES. What those issues are who can say. Don't do it. But to do that you would set one folder as Thumbnail view. Then with that folder selected you do as I said before but instead of the General tab you'll choose the View tab. In there you'll see Like Current Folder. Press that button shut down Windows Explorer and there you go next time you open Windows Explorer. Unfortunately this "View" will only be seen in folders which contain supported file types and which are images.

I wouldn't do this.