Re: Generic icons show up instead of miniphotos in Windows Explorer

[Andre Da Costa]

Go to Tools > Folder Options > View (tab) > make sure that "Do not cache
thumbnails" is not checked. Make sure that "Remember each folder's view
settings" is checked"

Andre

"Marc" <Ma...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello All,
> Around the time my laptop running Windows XP Pro was upgraded to SP2, the
> miniphoto icons that used to show up in Windows Explorer under Thumbnails
> or
> Filmstrip View now show up with generic icons. As I result, I now have to
> individually open up each JPEG file to see the picture.
>
> Does anyone know how get the miniphoto icons back instead of the unhelpful
> generic icons? Thank you.

[Marc]

Thanks for your fast response, Richard. I checked the settings and there was
already a "dot" next to "Show common tasks in folders". In addition, I can
switch to Filmstrip view but when I do, I just see a line of generic icons
going across only the top row and the icons are just the generic ones and not
the minipreviews I used to see. Any other advice is more than welcome.

Thanks,
Marc

"RJK" wrote:

> Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options ...and on the General tab,"dot"
> the "Show Common tasks in folders," ...this is to get the "Filmstrip" option
> e.g. when you right click in a folder to change the display mode. Getting
> folder to "remember" their display settings is a different kettle of fish !
>
> regards, Richard

[Marc]

Thanks for responding so quickly, Andre. I followed your suggestions and
found that "Do not cache thumbnails was already not checked and that
"Remember each folder's view settings" was already checked. However, I still
see only generic picture items instead of the miniphotos I used to see.
Filmstrip view also doesn't look right since all the generic icons are lined
up on only the top row and so there is no way to view the pictures without
individually opening up each picture file.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Marc

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Marc,

Type regsvr32 shimgvw.dll in Start, Run dialog.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

[Ruka J.]

Hi all, I had exactly the same problem on my desktop as Marc. I tried
Ramesh's suggestion and got " not able to locate " message back. I ran a
search and found where shimgvw.dll was located and included that path as part
of the command. In my case "regsvr32
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\shimgvw.dll" . IT WORKED!!
It may be that the file was deleted at the location suppose to be, and
that's why had had to include the path. Anyway, thanks Ramesh!

[Ramesh [MVP]]

You're welcome. A copy of the file shimgvw.dll is supposed to be in the System32 folder. Pls try copying and re-registering the file.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

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[Marc]

I tried re-registering the shimgvw.dll file but I got a message back that
said "LoadLibrary("shimgvw.dll") failed - The specified module could not be
found."
I searched the hard drive for shimgvw.dll and found it in the following
locations: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 and C:\WINDOWS\SERVICEPACKFILES\I386. Both
files are 428 KB, dated 8/4/2004, and show version 6.0.2900.2180. Do you
think I should try replacing them?

Also, when I right-click on the desktop and click properties, I get the
following dll error message "rundll32.exe - Unable to Locate Component - This
application failed to start because gdiplus.dll was not found. Re-installing
the application may fix this problem." Any ideas on how to fix this problem
would also be greatly appreciated.

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Marc,

Have you tried running SFC /Scannow?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

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