Re: Display png/gif icons as icons in Windows Explorer


"John Inzer" <oobie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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spamlet wrote:
No:
The thumbnails for the ico files are pictures of the icos;
Whereas, the thumbnails for the png and gif are all the same
'placeholder' tile.
Presumably there is something telling WE to use each ico itself as the
thumbnail, but nothing telling it to use the png and gif pictures
themselves in a similar manner.
The png and gif files can be seen if 'tiles' is selected as the view,
but then they are all tiny compared with the handy way the ico files
are displayed in thumbnail view.

Hope that's clearer.

Thanks,
S
=========================================
No guarantees but It may be worth a try to
repair your image associations.

Repair image file type associations in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgassofix.htm

Windows® XP File Association Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Also it may help to go to...Start / Run and type
(or copy/paste):

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll
(yes, the space after the 2 and the space
after the i is required)

Press...Enter...

You should see a dialog box that says:
DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shimgvw.dll succeeded

Good luck...


Are you suggesting that my png icons are supposed to show up the same way as
the ico ones?
I don't want to muck about with blanket fixes for file associations when
some of my associations are deliberately not the standard ones. However, I
will have a look at your links: but won't be able to get back to you for a
week or so as I'm just off for a break.

Thanks once again,

S


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