Thumbnails in explorer 1

[RobBroekhuis]

Today, all of a sudden .JPG files don't show up as pictures anymore when I select "thumbnails" from the "view" menu. The .JPG extension also was no longer associated with a program. I fixed the latter issue, but can't figure out how to have the thumbnails come back. Any ideas?

Rob

 

[xkjdhdg]

Did you try opening Windows Explorer and select the view tab, select thumbnail. Now what happens? You can also select the views button on the second row last one on the right.

 

[RobBroekhuis]

Yes, all the standard stuff didn't work. I ferreted around the web yesterday, and came across a reference to a known Microsoft bug and fix. Involved some horrific registry keys, but I got it working in the end. Thanks for replying.


Rob

 

[legion2552]

Hey, this is covered in another thread, but here's the lowdown:
Once you've backed up your Registry, you're ready to reset. Choose Start, Run, type regedit, and press Enter to launch the Registry Editor. Click the plus sign (+) next to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder icon, or double-click the icon itself. From there, navigate to the folder (called a key in Registry lingo) corresponding to the extension of the file type that Explorer is not previewing properly. For example, to fix the preview information for .jpg files, go to the .jpg key. If it has a plus sign next to it, click that to expand the tree diagram for the complete .jpg key. There you'll find a key called ShellEx. (If you don't see it, no problem: Just right-click the .jpg icon in the left pane and choose New, Key. Then type ShellEx and press Enter.)
Click the plus sign next to the ShellEx key to expand the keys underneath. There should be a key named {BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}. If it's not there, take a deep breath, right-click the ShellEx key in the left pane, and choose New, Key. Then type {BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1} and press Enter. (You can now exhale.)
Select the key to see its contents in the right pane. It should include an icon labeled (Default) and, to the right, a series of numbers in braces. If it doesn't, and you created the key yourself, double-click the (Default) icon in the right pane to edit its value data. If the key was already there but has the wrong value, right-click in the right pane and choose New, String Value. Type (Default) and press Enter. Double-click the (Default) icon to edit its value data. Then in the Value data box, type {7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC} (including the braces) and click OK.

 

[RobBroekhuis]

Yup, that's just about what I did. Except I even had to recreate the .jpg entry itself. I guess I'll never know what happened to my PC for things to get so messed up. The Microsoft page says something about this happening when MS Photo Editor gets uninstalled, but I'm a frequent user of Photo Editor, and certainly haven't uninstalled it. Come to think of it, though, I think I uninstalled some Corel software a few days ago - could that have cause this?



Rob

 

[noobtechie]

Hi there,

Check these links.

http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/troub-211.shtml

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://s...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us...

Hope this helps.


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[noobtechie]

Sorry about the last 2 links. Try this one.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;178746

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