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    Default No thumbnails in W7 32 bit???

    Good morning all,
    Well, I've searched and this, apparently, is not a problem. I'm running Windows 7 pro 32 bit and don't get thumbnails from my Xara photo&Graphic designer 6. Can anyone help? I've put up with it for months now, ever since I loaded W7, due to sheer inertia (laziness) meaning to look for a solution, and now that I do, thinking it was something I'd overlooked I can't find anything..help!
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    Fraser

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    Default Re: No thumbnails in W7 32 bit???

    is it just the xara thumbnails you have problem with

    if so right-click and run as administrator might fix it for 32bit win7, worth trying - I had no problems with this, but I have win7 home, not pro
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    Default Re: No thumbnails in W7 32 bit???

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    is it just the xara thumbnails you have problem with

    if so right-click and run as administrator might fix it for 32bit win7, worth trying - I had no problems with this, but I have win7 home, not pro
    Yeah, in windows explorer I only get icons. Did you mean run the program as administrator?
    cheers

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    Default Re: No thumbnails in W7 32 bit???

    yes, sorry, the program..

    in win7 home you have to activate thumbnails globally by clicking on the WE 'organise button > folder and search options > view tab, and unticking 'always show icons, never thumbnails' - maybe similar in pro

    and then thumbnails will appear [but not necessarily for the smallest icon sizes]
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    Default Re: No thumbnails in W7 32 bit???

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    yes, sorry, the program..

    in win7 home you have to activate thumbnails globally by clicking on the WE 'organise button > folder and search options > view tab, and unticking 'always show icons, never thumbnails' - maybe similar in pro

    and then thumbnails will appear [but not necessarily for the smallest icon sizes]
    Running the program as admin. doesn't seem to help and 'always show icons' is unticked.... This wasn't a problem in XP and I can't see that there should be a difference between 'home' and 'pro' on such a basic consideration....

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    Default Re: No thumbnails in W7 32 bit???

    have a look here:

    http://board.xara-users.info/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=152

    ok that is for the 64bit version - but it might work for 32bit - but at your own risk, I cannot guarantee it

    you would have to change the XarThumb64.dll in 'regsvr32 XarThumb64.dll ' - on my 32bit win7 system it would appear to be 'XarThumb.dll' but you would have to check yours

    you might find the utility mentioned in the link easier [but i have not used it]
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    Default Re: No thumbnails in W7 32 bit???

    I get this
    http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/...creen-xara.jpg

    Arrrrgh. i even tried reloading xara to no avail, sigh. I hate these sort of glitches, I'm just not computer-literate enough for it!

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    Default Re: No thumbnails in W7 32 bit???

    You don't need the '(x86)' in the file path [thats a 64bit system thing], leave it out and it should find the directory
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    Default Re: No thumbnails in W7 32 bit???

    This fix works http://board.xara-users.info/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=152

    Used it myself yesterday when I realised half [?!] of my thumbnails were showing the example and the other half just displayed the Xara DP logo
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    Default Re: No thumbnails in W7 32 bit???

    thanks John

    since that is the self same link I gave perhaps we are on the right track - is for 32bit win7 in this case though....
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