Thumbnails for files but not for folders

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Hi all,

I would like to activate thumbnails for files but NOT for folders, i.e. have
a static icon for folders only.
Is there any way for me to do that?
 
tOpaZ said:
Hi all,

I would like to activate thumbnails for files but NOT for folders,
i.e. have a static icon for folders only.
Is there any way for me to do that?
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Maybe the following article will offer some ideas:

Windows Vista -
How to Turn Folder Preview Thumbnails
On or Off in Windows Explorer in Vista
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/73715-thumbnails-windows-explorer.html

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Rick Rogers said:
Yes, but I don't believe it is possible to enable thumbnails for files
only without enabling it for folders as well.
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So why can't he change the default folder icon to a normal one that does not
have the live thumbnail ability??

ss.
 
tOpaZ said:
Hi all,

I would like to activate thumbnails for files but NOT for folders, i.e.
have
a static icon for folders only.
Is there any way for me to do that?
Click to expand...


Try this. It's from a post by Keith Miller, and I have not tried it myself.

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In the registry, create a new key named 'Shell Icons',

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr
entVersion\explorer\Shell
Icons]

Under this new key, create a REG_EXPAND_SZ (Expandable String Value) named
'3' and edit it's data to be the path to your icon.

Key Name:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\explorer\Shell
Icons

Name: 3
Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Data: %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,177
---------------------------------

That last number, 177, can be changed to point to the icon that you want to
use, although I am unable to see which one is the standard open yellow
folder in that .dll file, as I am not at a Vista machine right now.

It'll be one of the two at the bottom left in this screenshot:
http://blogs.vertigo.com/personal/alexark/Blog/Lists/Photos/icons.PNG

ss.
 
That trick controls the small icon but doesn't override thumbnail generation
:(


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Synapse Syndrome said:
tOpaZ said:
Hi all,

I would like to activate thumbnails for files but NOT for folders, i.e.
have
a static icon for folders only.
Is there any way for me to do that?
Click to expand...


Try this. It's from a post by Keith Miller, and I have not tried it
myself.

---------------------------------
In the registry, create a new key named 'Shell Icons',

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr
entVersion\explorer\Shell
Icons]

Under this new key, create a REG_EXPAND_SZ (Expandable String Value) named
'3' and edit it's data to be the path to your icon.

Key Name:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr
entVersion\explorer\Shell
Icons

Name: 3
Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Data: %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,177
---------------------------------

That last number, 177, can be changed to point to the icon that you want
to use, although I am unable to see which one is the standard open yellow
folder in that .dll file, as I am not at a Vista machine right now.

It'll be one of the two at the bottom left in this screenshot:
http://blogs.vertigo.com/personal/alexark/Blog/Lists/Photos/icons.PNG

ss.
Click to expand...
 
Unfortunately, Keith is right: this changes the icon but doesn't
enable/disable the thumbnail function for folders.

I was thinking of doing something similar to WinXP: use icons for navigation
and preview panel to have a thumbnail of my files but preview is not working
either if I disable the thumbnail.
Sounds like I'm asking for something impossible with Vista :(

Thanks for your help anyway!
 
This link highlights exactly what my problem is: either you have thumbnails
for both files and folder, or you you don't have it for any of them.

I'd like to have it only for files, which these two methods don't allow...
 
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