Re: No thumbnail image in My Pictures

Dear John Inzer,

it worked first time, thank you so much! Which I'm glad of, because I
didn't want to start messing about with the registry! Thank you again!
S&B

"John Inzer" wrote:

Sacred and Bound wrote:
Can anyone help? On opening My Pictures, I no longer
have images displayed in thumbnail view (or any other as
far as I can see), just an outline and a file icon. I do
have Adobe Photoshop 2.0, Canon Zoom Browser and Kodak
EasyShare installed, although I'm not sure they're the
problem. Images are displayed on the top of folders in
My Pictures, but not on individual files. Can anyone
help, I just want my thumbnails back, it make life a lot
easier.
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Try this, maybe it will restore the option:

go to...Start / Run and type:

"REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL"
(without the quotes)(Yes, there's
a space between 2 and S)

Click...OK.

A dialog box should report the following:

"DllRegisterServer in SHIMGVW.DLL succeeded"

If that fails...maybe the following info will be useful:

There is a registry patch at the link below
that *might* solve your problem.

Read the following articles about editing
your registry before proceeding:

Information About Editing the Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256986#Topic2

(322756) How to back up, edit, and restore
the registry in Windows XP and Windows
Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

Scroll down to #17 right column:
"Restore Thumbnail Views In XP":
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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John Inzer
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