Windows Explorer - file preview in left window?

[Guest]

I've just upgraded to Win XP (long story). In Win2K, I was used to a small
file preview in the lower left portion of the right window. Win XP didn't
install with this preview and I can't find a way to change to this view.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
G

 

[M and D]

Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performace settings > use common tasks in folders

Steven

 

[Guest]

Hi Steven,

Thanks for the suggestion. However, the box you mentioned was already
checked. I unchecked it and clicked "Apply" to see what would happen. I had
previously been using the Windows "Classic View" for Start menu. This had
changed the start menu and colours to look more like Win2K. When I unchecked
the box that you mentioned, all the system colours returned to the WinXP
standard colours but the start menu remained in the Win2K format. Regardless,
I still didn't get the preview window in Windows Explorer.

Did I do something wrong? If not, are there any other suggestions?

Thanks,
G

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi G,

Which filetype you're talking about?
Preview for image and video files is generated file (in the Details portion
of the Web view)

--
Regards,

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


Hi Steven,

Thanks for the suggestion. However, the box you mentioned was already
checked. I unchecked it and clicked "Apply" to see what would happen. I had
previously been using the Windows "Classic View" for Start menu. This had
changed the start menu and colours to look more like Win2K. When I unchecked
the box that you mentioned, all the system colours returned to the WinXP
standard colours but the start menu remained in the Win2K format.
Regardless,
I still didn't get the preview window in Windows Explorer.

Did I do something wrong? If not, are there any other suggestions?

Thanks,
G

 

[Guest]

Hi Ramesh,

I'm looking to see a preview of the highlighted image file (jpg, bmp, gif,
etc). I have explorer set to View/Details but I don't get the small
thunbnail in the lower left corner of the right pane.

I can change to View/Thumbnails and get a thumbnail of every file instead of
the details but that is very slow in a folder with a lot of images.

Hi G,

Which filetype you're talking about?
Preview for image and video files is generated file (in the Details portion
of the Web view)

--
Regards,

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


Hi Steven,

Thanks for the suggestion. However, the box you mentioned was already
checked. I unchecked it and clicked "Apply" to see what would happen. I had
previously been using the Windows "Classic View" for Start menu. This had
changed the start menu and colours to look more like Win2K. When I unchecked
the box that you mentioned, all the system colours returned to the WinXP
standard colours but the start menu remained in the Win2K format.
Regardless,
I still didn't get the preview window in Windows Explorer.

Did I do something wrong? If not, are there any other suggestions?

Thanks,
G

Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performace settings > use common
tasks in folders

Steven

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi,

Please check in the lower left corner of the *left* pane (the Details
portion)

--
Regards,

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


Hi Ramesh,

I'm looking to see a preview of the highlighted image file (jpg, bmp, gif,
etc). I have explorer set to View/Details but I don't get the small
thunbnail in the lower left corner of the right pane.

I can change to View/Thumbnails and get a thumbnail of every file instead of
the details but that is very slow in a folder with a lot of images.

Hi G,

Which filetype you're talking about?
Preview for image and video files is generated file (in the Details
portion
of the Web view)

--
Regards,

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


Hi Steven,

Thanks for the suggestion. However, the box you mentioned was already
checked. I unchecked it and clicked "Apply" to see what would happen. I
had
previously been using the Windows "Classic View" for Start menu. This had
changed the start menu and colours to look more like Win2K. When I
unchecked
the box that you mentioned, all the system colours returned to the WinXP
standard colours but the start menu remained in the Win2K format.
Regardless,
I still didn't get the preview window in Windows Explorer.

Did I do something wrong? If not, are there any other suggestions?

Thanks,
G

Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performace settings > use common
tasks in folders

Steven

 

[Guest]

You say "Please check in the lower left corner of the *left* pane (the
Details portion):......

Maybe there are different layouts and I'm not familiar with them. Here is
what I had on Win2000.
Left pane - list of file folders
Right pane - details of the folder highlighted in the left pane.
- preview of any highlighted image file in the lower left
corner of the
right pane

In Win XP, I have the same layout except that I have no preview of the
highlighted file in the right pane. That's what Im trying to get.

G

Hi,

Please check in the lower left corner of the *left* pane (the Details
portion)

--
Regards,

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


Hi Ramesh,

I'm looking to see a preview of the highlighted image file (jpg, bmp, gif,
etc). I have explorer set to View/Details but I don't get the small
thunbnail in the lower left corner of the right pane.

I can change to View/Thumbnails and get a thumbnail of every file instead of
the details but that is very slow in a folder with a lot of images.

Hi G,

Which filetype you're talking about?
Preview for image and video files is generated file (in the Details
portion
of the Web view)

--
Regards,

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


Hi Steven,

Thanks for the suggestion. However, the box you mentioned was already
checked. I unchecked it and clicked "Apply" to see what would happen. I
had
previously been using the Windows "Classic View" for Start menu. This had
changed the start menu and colours to look more like Win2K. When I
unchecked
the box that you mentioned, all the system colours returned to the WinXP
standard colours but the start menu remained in the Win2K format.
Regardless,
I still didn't get the preview window in Windows Explorer.

Did I do something wrong? If not, are there any other suggestions?

Thanks,
G

Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performace settings > use common
tasks in folders

Steven

I've just upgraded to Win XP (long story). In Win2K, I was used to a
small
file preview in the lower left portion of the right window. Win XP
didn't
install with this preview and I can't find a way to change to this
view.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
G

 

[David Candy]

Get out of compatability mode for stupid people and close the folder pane.

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You say "Please check in the lower left corner of the *left* pane (the
Details portion):......

Maybe there are different layouts and I'm not familiar with them. Here is
what I had on Win2000.
Left pane - list of file folders
Right pane - details of the folder highlighted in the left pane.
- preview of any highlighted image file in the lower left
corner of the
right pane

In Win XP, I have the same layout except that I have no preview of the
highlighted file in the right pane. That's what Im trying to get.

G

Hi,

lower left corner of the right pane.

Please check in the lower left corner of the *left* pane (the Details
portion)

--
Regards,

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


Hi Ramesh,

I'm looking to see a preview of the highlighted image file (jpg, bmp, gif,
etc). I have explorer set to View/Details but I don't get the small
thunbnail in the lower left corner of the right pane.

I can change to View/Thumbnails and get a thumbnail of every file instead of
the details but that is very slow in a folder with a lot of images.

Hi G,

Which filetype you're talking about?
Preview for image and video files is generated file (in the Details
portion
of the Web view)

--
Regards,

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


Hi Steven,

Thanks for the suggestion. However, the box you mentioned was already
checked. I unchecked it and clicked "Apply" to see what would happen. I
had
previously been using the Windows "Classic View" for Start menu. This had
changed the start menu and colours to look more like Win2K. When I
unchecked
the box that you mentioned, all the system colours returned to the WinXP
standard colours but the start menu remained in the Win2K format.
Regardless,
I still didn't get the preview window in Windows Explorer.

Did I do something wrong? If not, are there any other suggestions?

Thanks,
G

:

Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performace settings > use common
tasks in folders

Steven

I've just upgraded to Win XP (long story). In Win2K, I was used to a
small
file preview in the lower left portion of the right window. Win XP
didn't
install with this preview and I can't find a way to change to this
view.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
G

 

[Guest]

David,

I looked and looked but I can't find any Windows option called
"compatability mode for stupid people". However, I am aware of "compatability
mode" and Explorer is obviously not running in compatability mode because it
is a part of Win XP and, as such, can NOT be run in compatability mode!

You also suggested closing the folder pane. I have tried this and all it
does is close the folder pane and makes the details pane(right) bigger but it
does not restore the file preview.

Get out of compatability mode for stupid people and close the folder pane.

--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Goodbye Web Diary
http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/12/thank_you_and_g.html#comments
=================================================

You say "Please check in the lower left corner of the *left* pane (the
Details portion):......

Maybe there are different layouts and I'm not familiar with them. Here is
what I had on Win2000.
Left pane - list of file folders
Right pane - details of the folder highlighted in the left pane.
- preview of any highlighted image file in the lower left
corner of the
right pane

In Win XP, I have the same layout except that I have no preview of the
highlighted file in the right pane. That's what Im trying to get.

G

Hi,

lower left corner of the right pane.

Please check in the lower left corner of the *left* pane (the Details
portion)

--
Regards,

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


Hi Ramesh,

I'm looking to see a preview of the highlighted image file (jpg, bmp, gif,
etc). I have explorer set to View/Details but I don't get the small
thunbnail in the lower left corner of the right pane.

I can change to View/Thumbnails and get a thumbnail of every file instead of
the details but that is very slow in a folder with a lot of images.

:

Hi G,

Which filetype you're talking about?
Preview for image and video files is generated file (in the Details
portion
of the Web view)

--
Regards,

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


Hi Steven,

Thanks for the suggestion. However, the box you mentioned was already
checked. I unchecked it and clicked "Apply" to see what would happen. I
had
previously been using the Windows "Classic View" for Start menu. This had
changed the start menu and colours to look more like Win2K. When I
unchecked
the box that you mentioned, all the system colours returned to the WinXP
standard colours but the start menu remained in the Win2K format.
Regardless,
I still didn't get the preview window in Windows Explorer.

Did I do something wrong? If not, are there any other suggestions?

Thanks,
G

:

Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performace settings > use common
tasks in folders

Steven

I've just upgraded to Win XP (long story). In Win2K, I was used to a
small
file preview in the lower left portion of the right window. Win XP
didn't
install with this preview and I can't find a way to change to this
view.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
G

 

[Guest]

I've continued my search and found an article that seems to indicate that
this feature is not available in WinXP!

Here is the link:
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,36585,pg,1,00.asp

Oh well, maybe I'm the only person that found it useful!

Thanks for all your help anyway!

 

[David Candy]

You're wrong. I do not help idiots who can't use explorer properly. Especially as you configured it this way.
Finder has never had a folder tree, ditto with Tracker. Only Explorer with compat for Winfile mode uses it. Learn to use your computer properly. I made the effort.

 

[Guest]

Most people who think that a posted question is stupid would just ignore it.
Only an idiot would respond in the way that you did.

,,,or maybe you're on drugs. Nowhere in any of these posts has "Finder" or
"Tracker" been mentioned. We are talking about Windows Explorer (i.e.
explorer.exe if you need it spelled out!)

 

[David Candy]

No, we are talking about UI design.

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Goodbye Web Diary
http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/12/thank_you_and_g.html#comments
=================================================

Most people who think that a posted question is stupid would just ignore it.
Only an idiot would respond in the way that you did.

,,,or maybe you're on drugs. Nowhere in any of these posts has "Finder" or
"Tracker" been mentioned. We are talking about Windows Explorer (i.e.
explorer.exe if you need it spelled out!)