pdf and psd thumbnails Janetb 10/19/2008 6:16:01 PM I have old KB articles which tell you how to add ShellEx registry keys in order to view thumbnails in Windows Explorer for formats other than the ususal jpgs and tifs. It worked well on my old Windows 2000, where I added thumbnail views for psd's and pdf's. I was going to use it now for my Windows XP Professional, but I noticed the articles are not for XP. And the tifs and jpgs do not have that additional reg key as they did on my 2KPro.....How can this be done safely on XP Professional for psd's and pdf's? -- Thanks for the help! Janet

Re: pdf and psd thumbnails "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 10/19/2008 7:45:17 PM Janetb wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have old KB articles which tell you how to add ShellEx registry > keys in order to view thumbnails in Windows Explorer for formats > other than the ususal jpgs and tifs. It worked well on my old Windows > 2000, where I added thumbnail views for psd's and pdf's. I was going > to use it now for my Windows XP Professional, but I noticed the > articles are not for XP. And the tifs and jpgs do not have that > additional reg key as they did on my 2KPro.....How can this be done > safely on XP Professional for psd's and pdf's? ============================== Installing Adobe Reader should be all that's necessary for .pdf thumbs to be viewable. Maybe the following link will help with the ..psd files. Display PSD Thumbnails http://tinyurl.com/28equk or... http://photoshopcontest.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=6741&sid=633ff9ceaa034fd900b9157b1696ae2d -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

Re: pdf and psd thumbnails Janetb 10/19/2008 10:26:03 PM That's good for psd files, but how about pdf, etc., etc.....I put vector-file brochures (.cdr) into jpg or pdf for emailing and would like to have the pdfs come up in thumbnails along with the jpgs..... Janet "John Inzer" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Maybe the following link will help with the > ..psd files. > > Display PSD Thumbnails > http://tinyurl.com/28equk > or... > http://photoshopcontest.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=6741&sid=633ff9ceaa034fd900b9157b1696ae2d > > John Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience >

Re: pdf and psd thumbnails "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 10/19/2008 10:47:52 PM Janetb wrote: [Quoted Text] > That's good for psd files, but how about pdf, etc., etc.....I put > vector-file brochures (.cdr) into jpg or pdf for emailing and would > like to have the pdfs come up in thumbnails along with the jpgs..... > Janet ================================= Once again... Installing Adobe Reader should be all that's necessary for .pdf thumbs to be viewable. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

Re: pdf and psd thumbnails Janetb 10/20/2008 8:43:01 AM I use PDF-XChange as my pdf viewer....Should that work? Besides, the old KB articles for W2000 showed a generic way to get image thumbnails in WExplorer for each of a multitude of formats (.gif, .png, .art, ..dib, etc.). Isn't there something similar in XP? The only reason I didn't go ahead with that technique is that the ShellEx key you add does not already appear for the formats I DO get WindowsExplorer thumbnails for--which it DID in 2000... The old KB articles are: 192573, 292499, 243401. Thanks, Janet "John Inzer" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Installing Adobe Reader should be all that's > necessary for .pdf thumbs to be viewable. > > -- > > John Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience >

Re: pdf and psd thumbnails "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 10/20/2008 5:08:01 PM Janetb wrote: [Quoted Text] > I use PDF-XChange as my pdf viewer....Should that work? >snip< ==================================== Sorry...but all I know is that I can see .pdf thumbs and I have Adobe Reader 9 installed. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

RE: pdf and psd thumbnails Janetb 10/21/2008 4:03:02 PM OK Folks---To sum up: still looking for a way to view thumbnails as images rather than icons in Thumbnail View of Windows Explorer for image files other than tif, jpg, and psd in XP Prof.... One of my earlier posts in this thread gives old KB articles which tell you how to do this in Windows 2000. I hesitate using this technique because my present system (XP Pro) which DOES show images for the three formats mentioned above does NOT have the added ShellEX file in the registry entries for those three formats, whereas they DID in my old 2KPRO.... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Janet

Re: pdf and psd thumbnails "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 10/21/2008 5:39:58 PM Janetb wrote: [Quoted Text] > OK Folks---To sum up: still looking for a way to view thumbnails as > images rather than icons in Thumbnail View of Windows Explorer for > image files other than tif, jpg, and psd in XP Prof.... > > One of my earlier posts in this thread gives old KB articles which > tell you how to do this in Windows 2000. I hesitate using this > technique because my present system (XP Pro) which DOES show images > for the three formats mentioned above does NOT have the added ShellEX > file in the registry entries for those three formats, whereas they > DID in my old 2KPRO.... > > Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks, > Janet ==================================== Apparently I'm not understanding the request... I thought you wanted to view .pdf thumbs... which should happen if you install Adobe Reader. 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 -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

Re: pdf and psd thumbnails Vaer 11/3/2008 8:42:07 PM "John Inzer" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Apparently I'm not understanding the request... I believe he is looking for a generic way to add thumbnails for any file format. At least that's what I was looking for when I found this article.

RE: pdf and psd thumbnails Tammara 11/5/2008 3:24:02 PM While we're on the topic, I also want to view my .ai and .eps thumbnails. I'm a graphic designer and it drives me crazy that I can't browser through my library files unless I go out of my way to save everything with a jpg version. "Janetb" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have old KB articles which tell you how to add ShellEx registry keys in > order to view thumbnails in Windows Explorer for formats other than the > ususal jpgs and tifs. It worked well on my old Windows 2000, where I added > thumbnail views for psd's and pdf's. I was going to use it now for my Windows > XP Professional, but I noticed the articles are not for XP. And the tifs and > jpgs do not have that additional reg key as they did on my 2KPro.....How can > this be done safely on XP Professional for psd's and pdf's? > -- > Thanks for the help! > Janet

Re: pdf and psd thumbnails Janetb 12/22/2008 6:15:01 PM Thanks Vaer, that is correct--a generic way to add thumbnails for any file format. Is this possible in XP? Janet "Vaer" wrote: [Quoted Text] > "John Inzer" wrote: > > Apparently I'm not understanding the request... > > I believe he is looking for a generic way to add thumbnails for any file > format. > > At least that's what I was looking for when I found this article.