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Re: How to view .Xar Thumbnail in windows
I am presuming you have a shortcut on your desktop here:
RIGHT click the shortcut and copy the 'Target' path (see image)
Paste the result into Command Prompt
Add regsvr32 in FRONT of the line you just pasted (don't forget the space between regsvr32 and your line)
Replace everything AFTER the last / with XarThumb.dll" (it should look something like "......Xara Designer Pro/4/XarThumb.dll"
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Re: How to view .Xar Thumbnail in windows
in file explorer [windows explorer] search for xarathumb.dll [may take a while]
then with your mouse hover over the entry and make a note of the path - add \XarThumb32.dll to the end of this [don't forget the \
make sure it is the program path you highlight and not common files
as far as I recall that should work in windows 7 but its quite a while since used that OS [let alone xtreme 4 :)]
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as you can see I have lots of entries, but presumably you will only have the one program [plus any common files]
again the path I have highlighted is an example as I don't have ver 4 on any of our computers
Re: How to view .Xar Thumbnail in windows
chris beat me to it - I think he left out that you right click the shortcut and click properties before you can select target path - in the case of xara that should work fine
Re: How to view .Xar Thumbnail in windows
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handrawn
chris beat me to it - I think he left out that you right click the shortcut and click properties before you can select target path - in the case of xara that should work fine
I also said / instead of \
I'm making more and more little mistakes as I grow older. I think I'll start drinking so I have an excuse.
Re: How to view .Xar Thumbnail in windows
In this specific case does \ or / make a difference, can't remember, but need it and best to stick to convention... and cut and paste puts in the quote marks for you
FWIW in a wider context not all s/c target entries are copy/paste usable this way...
Re: How to view .Xar Thumbnail in windows
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byronfriday
Ive been using Xara Xtreme V4 for years. It works great.
For years - In my Xara graphics file folders on my Windows 7 OS - all of my .Xar files would render a thumbnail of the graphic - this mad eit super easy to locate any file i needed. Now the none of my .xar files render a thumbnail of the graphic - only a Xara logo thumbnail icon shows up. See screenshot.
Is their a workaround for this?
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I don't know a workaround, my system updated to windows 11 which does MOST of what I want some things I was accustomed to seem harder to find though.