thumbnails

I am trying to control which thumbnails display on folder icons in my Pictures library. Right now, all of the folder icons show thumbnails of 2 pictures. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to which 2 pictures are chosen (obviously that is not true, it just seems that way). I assumed that...

I used to buy “Balance Bars”. I bought them for years. Then one day I noticed their proud announcement of a “bold new look”. That new look went beyond the box. The US RDA percentage of every vitamin and mineral went from 25% to 15%. They became a nutrition bar that, in its “new and improved”...

Is there a way to do that on Windows 7 that makes Explorer generates thumbs for folders without scrolling through them? I tried something like a search (*.jpg) on the main folder but then only visible images had thumbs generated. Thanks a lot.

Greetings. I have a problem with the display of thumbnails of videos, especially AVIs and MPGs. Apparently mkv, 3gp and mp4 display fine. I have attached an example of what's showing. Link Removed

This is a company PC with desktop settings like Windows XP I used to for a few years. I explored the options and changed the desktop background when some of the settings changed that I'd like to revert back. 1. The menu bar becomes gray and with bigger height than it was before. I like the old...

Blank icons/white thumbnails + slow My Computer [SOLVED by formatting] After some time on the computer the icons become blank and My Computer doesn't load. It all returns to normal after I end the task "dllhost.exe", and after some time the problem comes back again. I've tried these solutions...

Unlike everybody else here, I have a different problem with COM Surrogate. I noticed something wasn't right when I got random freeze-ups playing audiosurf which is sensitive to CPU usage. I opened task manager and saw about every 15 seconds, there is a spike in the CPU usage. I checked the...

Hello,i am new to this community I use Windows 7 64-bit.I formatted c drive recently. I installed Mozilla firefox browser, which worked then. after rebooting system, it never worked. I also installed Opera and faced same problem .It also showed an error an closed. I managed browsing in Google...

When I look at the thumbnails of my jpgs, they are grayed and harder to work with. I would like to make them just a normal small image of the original. They are not corrupted when I double-click on them, they launch the image viewer and look fine. I'm using Windows 7 with automatic updates.

Using Word 7 and choosing pics to include in document. How do I change the VIEW of my pictures? It currently shows the name of the jpeg only. How do I change it all over to thumbnail of the pictures?

From a fresh start up of the computer, I can get my thumbnails to generate any where on my computer, the NAS, or the USB attached to the NAS. However, after a short period (not specific, can be 5 mins or 30 mins), the USB drive attached to the NAS will no longer generate thumbnails, however...

Hi, I have a fast PC (Quad core 3 GHz) and have been running XP happily and fast for the last 3 years with no issues. More details on my PC under my profile if required. I have fast disk drives, and a power supply of 1000 watts. 3 weeks ago i installed Windows 7 64 bit as i wanted to run the...

Hi Windows 8 has stopped showing thumbnails, or a preview of images in the preview window. It was working fine a couple of weeks ago when I was working on a job with a lot of pics in it. I did a system restore back to June 29 and it didn't make any difference. I've checked to see that...

I'm not entirely sure what info is required for this request, but I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. Whatever else you need, tell me, but my profile has a lot. Anyways, my issue is that Windows Explorer is being really frustrating. I'm pretty good with computers, to the point that even my...

I recently opened up an external hard drive of mine and attempted to open a specific file that contains video files. I don't know what type of files are contained within this folder, I just know that they are videos of some sort. My issue here is that when I click on the folder windows explorer...

Bing can boast the inclusion of Encyclopaedia Britannica which I guess can't be half bad.. :) I must admit that the results do look better with more thumbnails and information carried onscreen. Check out the blog here: Link Removed

I didn't used to have this problem before. For some unknown reason, all my video files have a separate PNG file next to it with a picture of the thumbnail. I don't remember changing any viewing options that may have triggered this. Anybody know how to fix this?

Windows is being painful when viewing folders/files on my network hard drive. Brand new PC (and I have the same issue on my other Windws 7 PC too). Now that it is happening on two Windows 7 PCs it is time to get an answer. How do I get Windows to create thumbnails without doing it manually one...

I have 3 PDF files stored on my desktop; they've been there for months. I use the newest version of Foxit Reader and have for years. In the middle of last week the icons for those 3 files changed from the generic PDF file page icon Link Removed to mini thumbnails of the pages themselves. I did...

Vista 'organisation' bar in Windows 7's explorer? I've just got a Windows 7 64 bit laptop to go out and about with, but one of the main features that I miss off my main Vista desktop is this bar, which is very much like the one that you get in the 'details' view in Windows 7. The differences...