jpg quick display

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Bryan,

Open Folder options in Control Panel, and then enable "Single-click to open
an item (point to select). Now, as you hover over an image file in a folder,
the Common Tasks pane should display the thumbnail/preview.

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Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"BryanD" <bdods@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
newsb1veu$5rl$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>I have recently upgraded to xp from win98. I find it fairly user friendly,
> but I cannot find an option to open a thumbnail view of files just by
> passing the cursor over them like win98.
> I can open the whole folder as thumbnails, but then I have to scroll to
> find
> what I want.
> In 98 I looked down the list and when I found a likely named file I could
> open it at the bottom of the Explorer panel very quickly. Moving the
> cursor
> over another file would close the first and open the next. Just a mouse
> sweep - no click necessary.
> Very simple for a quick small view to give a positive ID of an image.
> Has this 98 thumbnail feature been carried over to xp? If so where can I
> find it? If not, is there another solution (or should I post to
> alt.comp.freeware)?
>
> Thanks, Bryan
>
>