Want to turn off video thumbnails, but still have photo thumbnails

[Guest]

I like the windows explorer thumbnail preview view for photos, but I would
like to change a registry setting so that video files do not show a thumbnail
preview (they aren't useful to me anyway since the first frame of most of my
files is black). Instead I would just like the video icon to show up to
represent the file.
Anyone know how to do this?

 

[dilipl]

Try,

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ClassicViewState"=dword:00000001

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-----Original Message-----
From: Payne
Posted At: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:46 AM
Posted To: microsoft.public.windowsxp.photos
Conversation: Want to turn off video thumbnails, but still have photo thumbnails
Subject: Want to turn off video thumbnails, but still have photo thumbnails


I like the windows explorer thumbnail preview view for photos, but I would like to change a registry setting so that video files do not show a thumbnail preview (they aren't useful to me anyway since the first frame of most of my files is black). Instead I would just like the video icon to show up to represent the file.
Anyone know how to do this?

his?

 

[dilipl]

To specifically turn off *only* video thumbnails and keep the photo thumbnails, try opening a command prompt window and enter
regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll and hit enter.
Now reboot just be sure and try if it worked. To revert back to the original behavior do the same as above except for the /u

-Dilip Lukose [MS]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Payne
Posted At: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:46 AM
Posted To: microsoft.public.windowsxp.photos
Conversation: Want to turn off video thumbnails, but still have photo thumbnails
Subject: Want to turn off video thumbnails, but still have photo thumbnails


I like the windows explorer thumbnail preview view for photos, but I would like to change a registry setting so that video files do not show a thumbnail preview (they aren't useful to me anyway since the first frame of most of my files is black). Instead I would just like the video icon to show up to represent the file.
Anyone know how to do this?

his?

 

[Guest]

Thank you. That worked, and I didn't even have to reboot to change the
settings.

 

[Guest]

what is the command for windows vista x64? vista doesn't have the
shmedia.dll file i'm told. i actually want to turn my video thumbnails on.
they got turned off somehow.