thumbnail issue

[lobo]

I have tried everything I can find to fix the view and previewing of
thumbnails, including the one I found on Ramesh's site below. Still no joy.
Still seeing the generic picture icon and the right click preview does not
work. Any suggestions would really be appreciated. I am running WinXP-Pro
SP2.

Thanks in advance,

Ray



When you change a pictures folder to thumbnail view, thumbnail images may
not be generated and generic picture icon may show-up. Also, the Common
Tasks image preview may not work when the folder is in any other view.

This happens if the GDI+ thumbnail extractor key, which comes with XP by
default, is missing in the registry. To regenerate the image thumbnail
extractor handler, type the following command in the Start, Run dialog:

regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer No Preview Available

Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top
Scroll down to
80. Disable or Restore Picture and Fax Viewer
Click on Restore

pictureandfaxrestore.reg is the file that will download.

"No Preview Available" and "File Format Is Not Supported" Error Messages
Occur When You Try to View Graphic Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326675

To see Thumbnails in the left hand pane, you need to have Common Tasks
activated.

You also need to have the folder template set for Pictures or Photo Album.

You may have to click the Folders icon on the Toolbar to switch from Folders
view to show Common Tasks in the left hand pane.

[[You can display hyperlinks to common tasks in the left pane of your folder
windows. The links provide quick access to file and folder management
activities and other places on your computer, such as My Computer, Shared
Documents, and My Network Places. Windows displays these links by default,
so they may already be displayed in your folders. If they are not, you can
use Folder Options to enable this feature.]]

Start | Run | Type: control folders | OK |
General tab | Select: Show common tasks in folders |
Apply | OK

Show common tasks in folders
[[Specifies that hyperlinks to common folder tasks and other places on your
computer are displayed in folders. These links appear in the left pane of
the folder window.]]

View | Customize This Folder | Select Pictures or Photo Album |
Apply | OK

Or..

Right click the folder | Properties | Customize tab |
Set to Pictures or Photo Album under what kind of folder do you want? |
Apply | OK

Use this folder type as a template:
[[Allows you to select a folder template. Folder templates apply specific
features to your folder, such as specialized task links and viewing options
for working with pictures and music.]]

Also apply this template to all subfolders
[[Specifies that the template you select for your folder is applied to all
of its subfolders as well.]]

You can view your pictures as thumbnails in any My Pictures subfolder or any
folder customized as a pictures folder.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[lobo]

Thanks a bunch Wesley for your response. I tried the below and still no joy.
I did find that Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer was able to fix
the right click preview function. I feel there may be an issue with my
Picture and Fax view utility. If I changed a jpeg or jpg to open with the
picture and fax utility, it would not open the file. If I changed it to open
with MS photo editor, it would open. Both still would not allow the right
click preview, thus my estimation of an issue with the picture and fax
viewer utility. I found the Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8E-B10D-4CE4-A141-5866FD4A3286&displaylang=en

Thanks again for all your efforts,
Ray

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer No Preview Available

Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top
Scroll down to
80. Disable or Restore Picture and Fax Viewer
Click on Restore

pictureandfaxrestore.reg is the file that will download.

"No Preview Available" and "File Format Is Not Supported" Error Messages
Occur When You Try to View Graphic Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326675

To see Thumbnails in the left hand pane, you need to have Common Tasks
activated.

You also need to have the folder template set for Pictures or Photo Album.

You may have to click the Folders icon on the Toolbar to switch from
Folders
view to show Common Tasks in the left hand pane.

[[You can display hyperlinks to common tasks in the left pane of your
folder
windows. The links provide quick access to file and folder management
activities and other places on your computer, such as My Computer, Shared
Documents, and My Network Places. Windows displays these links by default,
so they may already be displayed in your folders. If they are not, you can
use Folder Options to enable this feature.]]

Start | Run | Type: control folders | OK |
General tab | Select: Show common tasks in folders |
Apply | OK

Show common tasks in folders
[[Specifies that hyperlinks to common folder tasks and other places on
your
computer are displayed in folders. These links appear in the left pane of
the folder window.]]

View | Customize This Folder | Select Pictures or Photo Album |
Apply | OK

Or..

Right click the folder | Properties | Customize tab |
Set to Pictures or Photo Album under what kind of folder do you want? |
Apply | OK

Use this folder type as a template:
[[Allows you to select a folder template. Folder templates apply specific
features to your folder, such as specialized task links and viewing
options
for working with pictures and music.]]

Also apply this template to all subfolders
[[Specifies that the template you select for your folder is applied to all
of its subfolders as well.]]

You can view your pictures as thumbnails in any My Pictures subfolder or
any
folder customized as a pictures folder.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I have tried everything I can find to fix the view and previewing of
thumbnails, including the one I found on Ramesh's site below. Still no
joy. Still seeing the generic picture icon and the right click preview
does not work. Any suggestions would really be appreciated. I am running
WinXP-Pro SP2.

Thanks in advance,

Ray



When you change a pictures folder to thumbnail view, thumbnail images may
not be generated and generic picture icon may show-up. Also, the Common
Tasks image preview may not work when the folder is in any other view.

This happens if the GDI+ thumbnail extractor key, which comes with XP by
default, is missing in the registry. To regenerate the image thumbnail
extractor handler, type the following command in the Start, Run dialog:

regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Try this..

Start | Run | Type or paste the following line and click OK...

regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks a bunch Wesley for your response. I tried the below and still no
joy. I did find that Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer was able
to fix the right click preview function. I feel there may be an issue
with my Picture and Fax view utility. If I changed a jpeg or jpg to open
with the picture and fax utility, it would not open the file. If I
changed it to open with MS photo editor, it would open. Both still would
not allow the right click preview, thus my estimation of an issue with
the picture and fax viewer utility. I found the Microsoft RAW Image
Thumbnailer and Viewer here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8E-B10D-4CE4-A141-5866FD4A3286&displaylang=en

Thanks again for all your efforts,
Ray

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer No Preview Available

Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top
Scroll down to
80. Disable or Restore Picture and Fax Viewer
Click on Restore

pictureandfaxrestore.reg is the file that will download.

"No Preview Available" and "File Format Is Not Supported" Error Messages
Occur When You Try to View Graphic Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326675

To see Thumbnails in the left hand pane, you need to have Common Tasks
activated.

You also need to have the folder template set for Pictures or Photo
Album.

You may have to click the Folders icon on the Toolbar to switch from
Folders
view to show Common Tasks in the left hand pane.

[[You can display hyperlinks to common tasks in the left pane of your
folder
windows. The links provide quick access to file and folder management
activities and other places on your computer, such as My Computer, Shared
Documents, and My Network Places. Windows displays these links by
default, so they may already be displayed in your folders. If they are
not, you can use Folder Options to enable this feature.]]

Start | Run | Type: control folders | OK |
General tab | Select: Show common tasks in folders |
Apply | OK

Show common tasks in folders
[[Specifies that hyperlinks to common folder tasks and other places on
your
computer are displayed in folders. These links appear in the left pane of
the folder window.]]

View | Customize This Folder | Select Pictures or Photo Album |
Apply | OK

Or..

Right click the folder | Properties | Customize tab |
Set to Pictures or Photo Album under what kind of folder do you want? |
Apply | OK

Use this folder type as a template:
[[Allows you to select a folder template. Folder templates apply specific
features to your folder, such as specialized task links and viewing
options
for working with pictures and music.]]

Also apply this template to all subfolders
[[Specifies that the template you select for your folder is applied to
all of its subfolders as well.]]

You can view your pictures as thumbnails in any My Pictures subfolder or
any
folder customized as a pictures folder.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I have tried everything I can find to fix the view and previewing of
thumbnails, including the one I found on Ramesh's site below. Still no
joy. Still seeing the generic picture icon and the right click preview
does not work. Any suggestions would really be appreciated. I am running
WinXP-Pro SP2.

Thanks in advance,

Ray



When you change a pictures folder to thumbnail view, thumbnail images
may not be generated and generic picture icon may show-up. Also, the
Common Tasks image preview may not work when the folder is in any other
view.

This happens if the GDI+ thumbnail extractor key, which comes with XP by
default, is missing in the registry. To regenerate the image thumbnail
extractor handler, type the following command in the Start, Run dialog:

regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

 

[lobo]

Thanks Wes. I had tried that a few times along the way and also this one:

regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\shimgvw.dll

It seems to work now with the raw viewer installed. Now I am trying to be
able to view thumbnail pictures instead of the generic icon within a folder
where jpeg/jpg pics are stored. A quick glance at one would speed up looking
for a picture that I may need.
Thanks,
Ray

Try this..

Start | Run | Type or paste the following line and click OK...

regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks a bunch Wesley for your response. I tried the below and still no
joy. I did find that Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer was able
to fix the right click preview function. I feel there may be an issue
with my Picture and Fax view utility. If I changed a jpeg or jpg to open
with the picture and fax utility, it would not open the file. If I
changed it to open with MS photo editor, it would open. Both still would
not allow the right click preview, thus my estimation of an issue with
the picture and fax viewer utility. I found the Microsoft RAW Image
Thumbnailer and Viewer here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8E-B10D-4CE4-A141-5866FD4A3286&displaylang=en

Thanks again for all your efforts,
Ray

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer No Preview Available

Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top
Scroll down to
80. Disable or Restore Picture and Fax Viewer
Click on Restore

pictureandfaxrestore.reg is the file that will download.

"No Preview Available" and "File Format Is Not Supported" Error Messages
Occur When You Try to View Graphic Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326675

To see Thumbnails in the left hand pane, you need to have Common Tasks
activated.

You also need to have the folder template set for Pictures or Photo
Album.

You may have to click the Folders icon on the Toolbar to switch from
Folders
view to show Common Tasks in the left hand pane.

[[You can display hyperlinks to common tasks in the left pane of your
folder
windows. The links provide quick access to file and folder management
activities and other places on your computer, such as My Computer,
Shared
Documents, and My Network Places. Windows displays these links by
default, so they may already be displayed in your folders. If they are
not, you can use Folder Options to enable this feature.]]

Start | Run | Type: control folders | OK |
General tab | Select: Show common tasks in folders |
Apply | OK

Show common tasks in folders
[[Specifies that hyperlinks to common folder tasks and other places on
your
computer are displayed in folders. These links appear in the left pane
of
the folder window.]]

View | Customize This Folder | Select Pictures or Photo Album |
Apply | OK

Or..

Right click the folder | Properties | Customize tab |
Set to Pictures or Photo Album under what kind of folder do you want? |
Apply | OK

Use this folder type as a template:
[[Allows you to select a folder template. Folder templates apply
specific
features to your folder, such as specialized task links and viewing
options
for working with pictures and music.]]

Also apply this template to all subfolders
[[Specifies that the template you select for your folder is applied to
all of its subfolders as well.]]

You can view your pictures as thumbnails in any My Pictures subfolder or
any
folder customized as a pictures folder.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In lobo <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I have tried everything I can find to fix the view and previewing of
thumbnails, including the one I found on Ramesh's site below. Still no
joy. Still seeing the generic picture icon and the right click preview
does not work. Any suggestions would really be appreciated. I am
running
WinXP-Pro SP2.

Thanks in advance,

Ray



When you change a pictures folder to thumbnail view, thumbnail images
may not be generated and generic picture icon may show-up. Also, the
Common Tasks image preview may not work when the folder is in any other
view.

This happens if the GDI+ thumbnail extractor key, which comes with XP
by
default, is missing in the registry. To regenerate the image thumbnail
extractor handler, type the following command in the Start, Run dialog:

regsvr32 shimgvw.dll