Thumbnails show icons not picture

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On Wed, 26 May 2004 07:37:54 -0700, Robert wrote:

> Hello. Hope someone can help with this. I'm running XP Pro.
>
> When trying to view PCD or PCX photo files in thumbnail
> view (and who knows what else I haven't needed yet), all I
> see are thumbnail views of the associated icon for that
> file type.
>
> I can view the picture thumbnails of GIF and JPG. It is
> only PCD and PCX that I have a problem with.
>
> The files are not named wrong. I can open them and view
> them fine in my photo editor.
>
> Any solutions? Thanks.

Not all image formats are supported in Explorer's thumbnail view.

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Buy a thumbnail maker for those file types. Ask Adobe about about PCD and PCX is rather old and I doubt anyone makes one. XP provide em for common graphic formats not uncommon.

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"Robert" <bruhnrp@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:12c0c01c4432f$07a9d0f0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello. Hope someone can help with this. I'm running XP Pro.
>
> When trying to view PCD or PCX photo files in thumbnail
> view (and who knows what else I haven't needed yet), all I
> see are thumbnail views of the associated icon for that
> file type.
>
> I can view the picture thumbnails of GIF and JPG. It is
> only PCD and PCX that I have a problem with.
>
> The files are not named wrong. I can open them and view
> them fine in my photo editor.
>
> Any solutions? Thanks.
> Robert
>
>