Icons

In Windows XP there were several type of file types that would show a
preview of the document in the Icon. JPG and some image formats are
obvious and still work in Windows 8.1.

The one that is exclusive of the above group and is elusive in how it
behaves are the PDF files.

In Window 8.1 some incidents the File icon will only show the big red
PDF, where others it will show the preview with a small red PDF in the
corner of the icon. This appears to be something related to the file,
and not the folder settings or the method of creating the PDF file.

I have two PDF files in the same folder, create with the same program,
containing images. One has the preview and red PDF in the corner and the
other with the Big Red PDF.

I like the Window XP type of preview Icon. Is there any way to make the
standard icon the Preview icon for a PDF file.

Keith Nuttle wrote:
In Windows XP there were several type of file types that would show a
preview of the document in the Icon. JPG and some image formats are
obvious and still work in Windows 8.1.

The one that is exclusive of the above group and is elusive in how it
behaves are the PDF files.

In Window 8.1 some incidents the File icon will only show the big red
PDF, where others it will show the preview with a small red PDF in the
corner of the icon. This appears to be something related to the file,
and not the folder settings or the method of creating the PDF file.

I have two PDF files in the same folder, create with the same program,
containing images. One has the preview and red PDF in the corner and the
other with the Big Red PDF.

I like the Window XP type of preview Icon. Is there any way to make the
standard icon the Preview icon for a PDF file.

Try this thread.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...9d5ebfd?page=1

There are a number of solutions presented. Then the issue is,
figuring out which one to try.

Paul

On 11/17/2013 4:08 AM, Paul wrote:
Keith Nuttle wrote:
In Windows XP there were several type of file types that would show a
preview of the document in the Icon. JPG and some image formats are
obvious and still work in Windows 8.1.

The one that is exclusive of the above group and is elusive in how it
behaves are the PDF files.

In Window 8.1 some incidents the File icon will only show the big red
PDF, where others it will show the preview with a small red PDF in the
corner of the icon. This appears to be something related to the file,
and not the folder settings or the method of creating the PDF file.

I have two PDF files in the same folder, create with the same program,
containing images. One has the preview and red PDF in the corner and
the other with the Big Red PDF.

I like the Window XP type of preview Icon. Is there any way to make
the standard icon the Preview icon for a PDF file.

Try this thread.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...9d5ebfd?page=1


There are a number of solutions presented. Then the issue is,
figuring out which one to try.

Paul
In Windows 8.1, the problem is not getting the preview in an Adobe
Reader, but getting the preview in Windows Explorer.

I have hundreds of PDF, in dozens of folders on my computer. While you
can not read the Preview icon, based on the configuration of the preview
image you had an idea of what was in the file. For example. I have
some PDF's with census images, some with text, and some with images of
other items like death certificates and marriage licenses.

While you can not read the preview you could tell the difference in the
format of the image, Census are formatted differently than licenses.

This becomes a usability problem with the files in the OS.

On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 08:15:40 -0500, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

I have hundreds of PDF, in dozens of folders on my computer. While you
can not read the Preview icon, based on the configuration of the preview
image you had an idea of what was in the file. For example. I have
some PDF's with census images, some with text, and some with images of
other items like death certificates and marriage licenses.

While you can not read the preview you could tell the difference in the
format of the image, Census are formatted differently than licenses.

This becomes a usability problem with the files in the OS.

Can you tell the document type by its filename? Or perhaps by the folder
it's in?

On 11/17/2013 9:19 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 08:15:40 -0500, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

I have hundreds of PDF, in dozens of folders on my computer. While you
can not read the Preview icon, based on the configuration of the preview
image you had an idea of what was in the file. For example. I have
some PDF's with census images, some with text, and some with images of
other items like death certificates and marriage licenses.

While you can not read the preview you could tell the difference in the
format of the image, Census are formatted differently than licenses.

This becomes a usability problem with the files in the OS.

Can you tell the document type by its filename? Or perhaps by the folder
it's in?


I was looking at my Windows XP desktop and see that all of the PDF's on
that machine have the PDF icon. I don't know what I did to my deceased
Windows XP Laptop to get it to show preview Icons in Windows Explorer,
but it was a nice feature.

I can tell documents names by the file type and its three letter
extension. But it was nice to see them like the thumbnails of jpg and
other image files.

On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 08:25:49 -0500, Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:

FWIW, when I first save an online PDF to the desktop, I get a PDF icon.
the next time I boot, it's been changed to the content image version. I
use Foxit.

OTOH, I believe the icons are chosen by Windows Explorer (now File
Manager or something).

OTOH, when I change the settings in Organize - Folder and search options
- View dialog in Explorer, it changes other file icons but not PDFs.

This is W7. My W8 is in another room and not powered up.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)