thumbnails have disappeared in My Pictures folders

[Bill Gillies]

I'm running WinXP Pro SP2.

When I use Windows Explorer or when i want to attach a photo in Outlook
2003, the thumbnails of photos that used to appear no longer do. I am
looking in folders that are all subdirectories of My Pictures folder. I did
a search in Google Groups to see if this had been asked before, but i didn't
understand the replies that were given. I have never edited my registry, so
I don't know what was being suggested.

I should add that the folders icon in My Pictures still work, i.e., they
show four small photographs contained in the folder itself. (Is there a way
to change this, so that it only shows one photo?)

Many thanks in advance.

Bill

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Bill,

How to modify your folder view settings or to customize a folder:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812003

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I'm running WinXP Pro SP2.

When I use Windows Explorer or when i want to attach a photo in Outlook
2003, the thumbnails of photos that used to appear no longer do. I am
looking in folders that are all subdirectories of My Pictures folder. I did
a search in Google Groups to see if this had been asked before, but i didn't
understand the replies that were given. I have never edited my registry, so
I don't know what was being suggested.

I should add that the folders icon in My Pictures still work, i.e., they
show four small photographs contained in the folder itself. (Is there a way
to change this, so that it only shows one photo?)

Many thanks in advance.

Bill

 

[Bill Gillies]

Hi Ramesh.

I read the link below and i've tried every option suggested. I think from
earlier posts i have done something to corrupt the registry, though I
wouldn't know where to begin.

Thx.

Bill

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Bill,

I'm not sure what exactly you're trying to do with the My Pictures folder /
sub-folders. I thought you're needing to set a thumbnail image for each
folder, and that's the reason I provided the link to the Microsoft
Knowledgebase article. You need to look at paragraph "Manually create a
folder picture" in that article.

"To manually customize the folder picture that the Thumbnails view uses, put
a Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) image file in the folder with a file
name of Folder.gif. You can use any graphic editing program to create the
..gif image."

If I've misunderstood the problem, feel free to rephrase the question once.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi Ramesh.

I read the link below and i've tried every option suggested. I think from
earlier posts i have done something to corrupt the registry, though I
wouldn't know where to begin.

Thx.

Bill

 

[Bill Gillies]

Hi Ramesh.

Sorry i wasn't more clear in my original message. What i want to see is a
thumbnail of each image that is in the My Pictures directory and
subdirectories.

Bill.

 

[Shelagh]

Hi, try this,

Open your folder of pictures:
hit View
hit thumbnails

and you should see them all as such..
good luck anyhow
~Shelagh
http://continue.to/lupus

Hi Ramesh.

Sorry i wasn't more clear in my original message. What i want to see is a
thumbnail of each image that is in the My Pictures directory and
subdirectories.

Bill.

Bill,

I'm not sure what exactly you're trying to do with the My Pictures folder
/
sub-folders. I thought you're needing to set a thumbnail image for each
folder, and that's the reason I provided the link to the Microsoft
Knowledgebase article. You need to look at paragraph "Manually create a
folder picture" in that article.

"To manually customize the folder picture that the Thumbnails view uses,
put
a Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) image file in the folder with a file
name of Folder.gif. You can use any graphic editing program to create the
.gif image."

If I've misunderstood the problem, feel free to rephrase the question
once.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi Ramesh.

I read the link below and i've tried every option suggested. I think
from
earlier posts i have done something to corrupt the registry, though I
wouldn't know where to begin.

Thx.

Bill