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I'm just checking that I've not missed any hidden switch or anything, but...
All my XAR files just have the generic Xara icon in Windows File Manager windows. In past versions of Xara (Xtreme, etc), the files used to use a thumbnail of the contents as the icon.
Why did that change?
Or, if it hasn't, how can I get it back? :)
Vista 32 and P&GD v 11
TIA
Either you or MS have twiddled with your View - it sounds like you are seeing small icons.Quote:
Originally Posted by brianlj
You can hold down the Ctrl key and use the middle wheel to change the size and a thumb should appear.
otherwise in the folder, select View and change the layout.
Acorn
Go to Tools / Folder options / View / Ensure the Always show icons, never thumbnails is un-ticked/ Apply.
Acorn & I cross posting again. I think you need to have Large icons selected too.
Thanks for the replies, guys. :)
No, it doesn't change with Large or even Extra Large icons; I still see the generic blue/white 'camera' icon for all .XAR files.
And I also already have '[]Always show icons, never thumbnails' UNticked :(
Are you saying that you see thumbnails of what's in your files?
Yes, I do now Brian. I had noticed over the past few days that all I was getting was the genetic Xara64 icon. I don't know why it changed, perhaps after a Windows update? Seeing your post, reminded me I needed to change this back to my normal thumbnail view, and found 'Always show icons, never thumbnails' ticked. I hadn't ticked it. Unticking and refreshing the explorer window and I was back with the thumbnail view. Can't help you beyond that.
ionno if it'll help but -
i've always had my folder view as small icons. i tried setting it to both medium and large icons and only about 1/3 switched to thumbnail. refreshed the screen while viewing the folder contents (F5) and they all switched to thumbnail. i can now switch back and forth without that initial 'only a few' change issue :eek:
Yep. And preview pane.Quote:
...Are you saying that you see thumbnails of what's in your files?
You should also be able to hold the ctrl key down and roll the mouse wheel forward/backward to resize the thumbnails (assuming your mouse has one).Quote:
...i've always had my folder view as small icons. i tried setting it to both medium and large icons...
Mike
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Nope. Nothing I do will show me thumbnails for XAR files. Other filetypes such as JPGs BMPs etc show thumbnails, but not XAR.
Thanks for all your help guys; at least I know that it's possible now. All I have to do is work out what's stopping me from seeing them. I'll see if another prog (IrfanView?) is interfering.
I'll report back with my results. :)
IrfanView running here without that problem :)
umhmm. i was just pointing out that while changing the view, all the icons in the folder would change except for the majority of the .xar icons. all of those .xar icons that wouldn't reflect the changes to the view setting only started to after setting the icon view to large and then refreshing the explorer window. now it works no problem (tho i'm back to my small icon view setting cos i was just testing to help :D )Quote:
Originally Posted by mwenz
Years ago I bought Mystic Thumbs to see Xara thumbs:
https://mysticcoder.net/mysticthumbs.html
Works fine to this day :-)
Grenou
Grenou--Thanks for the suggestion. I've been looking for a viewer to see targa thumbs, and this works perfectly.
Update:
Still nothing. The pressure to find out why thumbnail display wasn't working correctly has abated slightly. *
Oh, I downloaded XPGD again and even used 'Simpliclean' to see if that helped. It didn't. Simpliclean is ... well, it's now uninstalled. I'll have to do another install and try the RunAsAdmin thing which caught me out with PDF exports. There's obviously something awry there.
I'll post back here if I ever get a solution (other than an add-on such as MysticThumbs or XnView or whatever - thanks anyway, guys!)
* - See attached pic. I was using XPGD to assemble 100+ photos of the spines of my books so that I could print and then stick them on my staircase risers. :)
Neat idea Brian.
Try this link:
http://superuser.com/questions/71652...fail-to-appear
Hi brianlj,
Can you try registering the Xara Thumbnails DLLs, "XarThumb.dll" and "XarThumb64.dll".
To do this first navigate to the folder "XaraDLLs" in the Xara installation folder. Then run Command prompt as administrator and type the following : regsvr32 "[Filepath for the first thumb DLL]" and press enter, then do the same for the second thumbnail DLL. You should end up with something similar to this:
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Alas, the thread seems to have been closed without positive resolution because of 'low quality answers'! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
I've worked through all those suggestions and I never had ACDeeSee installed here. :(
Done with no results. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben.Moses
Well, half-done; I only have the single dll 'cos I'm on 32-bit Vista. But... it DID say that registration was successful. I'll reboot soon (I have to abandon this and go cook some pizzas) and if thumbnails appear, you'll hear the shout. :)