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John Grafflin
February 22nd 06, 07:26 AM
I used to be able to see a preview of the images in an image folder, but now
they only appear as icons, and the "view as a slide show" option doesn't work
anymore.

Ricardo
February 22nd 06, 09:19 AM
"John Grafflin" wrote:

> I used to be able to see a preview of the images in an image folder, but now
> they only appear as icons.

View Menu > Thumbnails

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Wesley Vogel
February 22nd 06, 09:06 PM
Type or paste the following line into the Start | Run box and click OK...

regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

Generic icon is displayed for a picture file when in Thumbnail view
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imagethumb.htm

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
John Grafflin > hunted and pecked:
> I used to be able to see a preview of the images in an image folder, but
> now they only appear as icons, and the "view as a slide show" option
> doesn't work anymore.

John Grafflin
February 22nd 06, 11:08 PM
Thanks Wes. That did the trick.

John

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Type or paste the following line into the Start | Run box and click OK...
>
> regsvr32 shimgvw.dll
>
> Generic icon is displayed for a picture file when in Thumbnail view
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imagethumb.htm
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In ,
> John Grafflin > hunted and pecked:
> > I used to be able to see a preview of the images in an image folder, but
> > now they only appear as icons, and the "view as a slide show" option
> > doesn't work anymore.
>

Wesley Vogel
February 22nd 06, 11:14 PM
Ramesh gets the credit. Keep having fun. :-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
John Grafflin > hunted and pecked:
> Thanks Wes. That did the trick.
>
> John
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> Type or paste the following line into the Start | Run box and click OK...
>>
>> regsvr32 shimgvw.dll
>>
>> Generic icon is displayed for a picture file when in Thumbnail view
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imagethumb.htm
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In ,
>> John Grafflin > hunted and pecked:
>>> I used to be able to see a preview of the images in an image folder, but
>>> now they only appear as icons, and the "view as a slide show" option
>>> doesn't work anymore.

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