Missing Thumbnails

[Guest]

The My Pictures file doesn't show thumbnail previews of my photos and
therefore I cannot generate a slideshow of these pictures. I have looked at
previous discussions between your advisors and XP owners and have followed
the instructions you gave them (file views, folder options, typing REGSVR32
SHIMGVW.DLL, altering the registry through the kellys-korner website) and
nothing works. I cannot even generate these thumbnails through my DELL
picture editor despite the fact that in the options menu of the DELL picture
editor it gives the option to do so. The files are JPEG files. Any help would
be greatly appreiciated.

 

[John Inzer]

The My Pictures file doesn't show thumbnail previews of
my photos and therefore I cannot generate a slideshow of
these pictures. I have looked at previous discussions
between your advisors and XP owners and have followed the
instructions you gave them (file views, folder options,
typing REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL, altering the registry
through the kellys-korner website) and nothing works. I
cannot even generate these thumbnails through my DELL
picture editor despite the fact that in the options menu
of the DELL picture editor it gives the option to do so.
The files are JPEG files. Any help would be greatly
appreiciated.

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When you open My Pictures and go to...View /
Thumbnails...what do you see?

Maybe the following article will offer some ideas:

(286069) Thumbnails Are Missing from
Compressed Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=286069


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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Guest]

I have a load of icons with the title of the picture underneath. The icon
graphic itself is of a sunset and there is a ship on the sea. I forgot to
mention that videos that I have taken do show up as thumbnails - I play them
using Real Player. The first scene of the video is what is displayed as a
thumbnail. It is only the photos that I have that do not show up and I think
this is the reason that I cannot use the 'view as slide show' option. My
files are not compressed and certainly do take up a lot of room on my hard
drive so I don't think that is the issue.

 

[John Inzer]

I have a load of icons with the title of the picture
underneath. The icon graphic itself is of a sunset and
there is a ship on the sea. I forgot to mention that
videos that I have taken do show up as thumbnails - I
play them using Real Player. The first scene of the video
is what is displayed as a thumbnail. It is only the
photos that I have that do not show up and I think this
is the reason that I cannot use the 'view as slide show'
option. My files are not compressed and certainly do take
up a lot of room on my hard drive so I don't think that
is the issue.

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Just a guess...but you may have a corrupted
Win XP User Account.

(279783) How To Create and Configure
User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279783

(811151) How to Copy User Data to a New
User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately that doesn't seem to have worked either. Do you know of
anything else - really would prefer this to be fixed - I have recently
installed the Windows XP Service Pack 2 onto the system and my laptop did
experience probs with ad/spyware last month - the slide show option is
something that I use often so any additional suggestions would be good. Thanks

 

[John Inzer]

Unfortunately that doesn't seem to have worked either. Do
you know of anything else - really would prefer this to
be fixed - I have recently installed the Windows XP
Service Pack 2 onto the system and my laptop did
experience probs with ad/spyware last month - the slide
show option is something that I use often so any
additional suggestions would be good. Thanks

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Did you try the following:

There is a registry patch at the link below
that *might* solve your problem.

Read the following articles about editing
your registry before proceeding:

Information About Editing the Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256986#Topic2

(322756) How to back up, edit, and restore
the registry in Windows XP and Windows
Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

Scroll down to #17 right column:
"Restore Thumbnail Views In XP":
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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Looks like I'm stumped on the thumbnail
issue but for the slideshow...try the following...

Open My Pictures...open one image in
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer...

Press F11...

That should start the slideshow.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375