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How do I have windows 7 explorer automatically show thumbnails for all office documents?

I am using windows 7 64b and office 2010 32b. Right now, if I save an office doc and tick "save thumbnail" at the save dialog, then I have the thumbnail shown in explorer when I see the file. What I ...
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Increase maximal thumbnail size in Windows Explorer

I would like to inspect images in Windows Explorer on W7 in greater detail on a big screen. Thumbnails are by default limited to ~ 256x256 px. Is there a way to increase the upper bound or some 3rd ...
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Windows 7 thumbnails disappeared, yes I've unchecked the Always Show Icons box

I am sure this is very similar to other posts, but I've read them all and not yet found a solution. I am a regular user-person, not an IT person. I am using Windows 7 on a brand new Dell. I have had ...
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How can I make the thumbnails in a window xp appear to more bigger in size?

How can I make the thumbnails in a window xp to appear more bigger in size? I am a designer, it would be best to quick glances over a bigger thumbnails, as what windows xp default thumbnail size is. ...
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Windows 7 explorer thumbnails stop loading

So my thumbnails in explorer work fine when I restart my computer, however, eventually they stop loading. Even the preview pane will no longer update... for any type of file. And occasionally the ...
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Altering the Windows 7 grouping thumbnail preview

I like the windows 7 grouping behaviour for multiple similar windows, except when I have multiple Explorer windows open. In this case, showing thumbnails of each open explorer window is next to ...
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Turn off TaskBar Thumbnails on Windows 7 - Classic Theme [closed]

Possible Duplicate: How to disable windows 7 taskbar thumbnails preview? Aero peek is turned permanently on.How to turn it off? Is there a way to get rid of the annoying thumbnail ...
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Force Windows 7 to store thumbnails locally

I want Windows 7 to store thumbnails cache files in the same folder as the files (thumbs.db) instead of using the centralized location for all thumbnails (By default ...
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Display only one picture as thumbnail by default (Windows Explorer, thumbnail view)?

Is is possible to display only one picture as thumbnail by default (Windows Explorer, thumbnail view)? (instead of four pictures). I can do this manually each time I add a picture to a folder (by ...
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Win+E vs explorer command - the difference?

The background is that I wanted Windows Explorer to remember file / folder icons position in thumbnail view in one specific folder. As I often use Total Commander to browse through the files, I've ...
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Thumbnail view freezes in windows XP explorer

When I try load on an XP machine Thumbnail view of folder that has few hundred (over 200 hundred) PDFs and JPGs in it, the I get explorer window that is not responding. It is fine if there only few ...
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How can I generate a set of thumbnails of equal size without padding?

I am looking for a thumbnail generator which will allow me to batch process hundreds of images and generate thumbnails of a specific size (200x150). IrfranView kind of does this, but it will matte my ...
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How do I disable thumbnails for TIF files only?

The TIFF bug has been around for years: The system freezes for minutes when going near large (above 700 MB - 1 GB) TIFF files with layers and compression. Microsoft doesn't seem to be able to fix this ...
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Specify Thumbnail Cache in Ubuntu

Is there a way to specify the thumbnail cache location in ubuntu for a specific external drive? For example, one ext-HDD I have has only multimedia files, and I like the current thumbnails I have for ...
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Windows Explorer image thumbnail previews not showing (Windows 7)

I can't get Windows Explorer to show the thumbnail previews of images no matter what I do. It used to work but at some point it stopped generating the previews. It doesn't work for any image type ...
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Is there such a concept as “dead thumbnails” in Windows?

I realised that in disk cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) there is an item "Thumbnails": Windows keeps a copy of all of your picture, video, and document thumbnails so they can be displayed quickly when ...
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How to change which frame is grabbed for the finder icon of a movie file for Mac OS X Finder?

Movie files show in Mac OS X Finder with an example frame from the movie. Unfortunately, it's captured from fairly early in the movie, so that different episodes of a series, or perhaps different ...
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Disable Windows Thumbnails for Specific Folders

I know there are methods for Disabling thumbnails in Windows. But, I actually don't mind the feature, especially since Windows caches the thumbnails after the first pass. But, I have directories ...
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Forcing Windows 7 to always compute thumbnails for icons that are displayed on a given folder

First, a bit of background: I often find myself opening folders that contain thousands of images. When I open a folder for which thumbnails have not been generated, Windows usually notices the ...
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How to get SVG thumbnails in Windows Explorer?

I can open them in browser just OK, but how can I have thumbnails in the Windows Explorer? Edit: I installed Renesis Player as suggested by this answer, but it does not work for me, probably because ...
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How can I extract stills from a movie?

I would like to make a flipbook from a movie I made on my Mac. Is there any software that will extract, say 100 representative frames from 2 minutes of motion, or do I need to make screenshots ...
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How to create thumbnails with ExactImage?

I'm trying to create thumbnails using ExactImage command-line tools. I need the output images to be with equal dimensions like 100x100 or 200x200. Can somebody help with that?
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How to refresh Taskbar Thumbnails after Aero was turned off and on again?

I use the radmin remote software that turns off Aero when it runs. When I exit, Aero turns back on, but all of my taskbar thumbnails are gone until I manually restore each window – a royal pain! ...
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Permanently store thumbnails of images on Windows

When viewing a folder of images in "Large Icons" mode, I often see the thumbnails slowly regenerate. How do I permanently store those thumbnails so I don't have to wait ages whenever I open a folder? ...
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Suppress display of Picasa pictures in Google Earth

I am using Google Earth to geotag my photographs organized with Picasa (Windows version). To do this, while in Picasa I click the Google Earth icon which launches the Google Earth program. I can then ...
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How create a new thumbnailer in Ubuntu?

For a reason I don't know my ubuntu doesn't show thumbnails for pdf. So, how can I create a thumbnailer in gnome? More specific - how to create a folder in gconf - /desktop/gnome/thumbnailers? UPD ...
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Network folder image thumbnails taking long time to load

Our internal network folder can take up to 5 seconds to generate a thumbnail for each photo in a network folder. Usually, only 10% of thumbnails actually display; the rest are default jpg icons. A ...
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How to get thumbnail view for Photoshop (psd) in Windows 7 64 bit OS?

How to get thumbnail view for Photoshop (.psd) in Windows 7 64 bit OS?
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Changing default behavior of Windows' thumbnail caching

I find it extremely annoying (and ultra lame) that Windows Explorer will only generate thumbnails for those files whose names are visible in the window. If I open a folder full of photos and walk ...
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How to change the frame that is shown as video thumbnail in windows 7 [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Use later frame for video thumbnail in Windows 7 I have many videos whose thumbnails are black (title part with black background). It makes video thumbnails almost ...
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How would I create a thumbnailer for Windows 7 Explorer?

I'm not having much luck figuring out how Windows Explorer thumbnail icons are generated, or how to modify it. Is it just a matter of configuring a program to spit out thumbnail images (like ...
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thumbs.db file error

i have a dos based software. at some screen when it needs to display, then an error comes as "Resetting file Thumbs.db" and the dos closes. how to solve this error. please help
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Why is Thunar not creating and showing thumbnails of images?

Thunar is my main file manager. Normally it automatically creates thumbnail images of all images in the directory being viewed. After experimenting with other Linux distros then installing Arch ...
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Is there a way to increase how much is cached for thumbnail views of pictures?

Is there a way to increase how much is cached for thumbnail views of pictures? If I'm looking through a folder of .png files for example, with "medium" set as the view size. The screen will eventually ...
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Is there a way to add expandable thumbnails to an MS Word document?

I want to add pictures and screenshots of a web page to a document in Microsoft Word 2007. The problem is, when I add them to my document, they occupy a lot of space and don't leave much room for ...
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Thumbnails on new blank tab in Google Chrome shows apps instead of websites

How can I bring the website thumbnails back in Google Chrome instead of apps that currently show? On the new tab it used to have thumbnails of webpages you visited and allowed you to pin them. Now, ...
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How do you create square thumbnails for a set of images (with Photoshop?)

I want to create a gallery of images, but for the thumbnails I want them to be all one size (square or rectangular). Some of the photos are portrait and some to be landscape - but for I want the ...
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Make Thumbnail from video

How can I make a simple capture from a video. Preferably from the command line? Idea: take 9 snapshots for 9 even placed (on the timeline) times, and save them as JPGs Example: Movie length = 10 ...
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Vacant thumbnail spot persists on Chrome homepage, want to set it specific to a site

I have a vacant thumbnail place in Google Chrome that I would like to set for a particular site. In this case, it's Facebook. When I visit a new website a new thumbnail is created for that site in ...
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How to generate thumbnail from .eps and .ai files?

Is there any software to generate thumbnail from .eps and .ai (and .psd)? and save it as a picture?
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Better video thumbnails in Windows Explorer?

Are there any Windows Explorer extensions that allow the preview thumbnails to be more than just static images? The preview generation in XP is based on the first frame, which is completely useless ...
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Delete or reset thumbnails in Windows 7

I was looking in a folder while downloading a batch of images. About 1/4 of the images have bad thumbnails (its mostly or partially grey). How do i reset/delete them? I tried being clever and moved ...
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All-in-One Thumbnail Viewer for Windows 7 x64?

I have Windows 7 x64 installed along with Adobe Reader X, Photoshop CS5, and Illustrator CS5. I have noticed that these dont have a thumbnail generated for them. What I need is an All-in-One Thumbnail ...
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Windows Explorer crashes whenever I view a folder with an MP4 (H.264) video file in 'Large Icons' view (shows thumbnails)

Whenever I view a folder which contains .MP4 (H.264) video files in large icon view (shows thumbnails), Windows 7's Explorer crashes. Explorer loads for a few seconds, the green progress bar shows up, ...
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Thumbnail generator software for Mac OS X?

I need a "good" thumbnail generator for Mac. Any suggestions? Some criteria: Must support common image formats(ie png,jpg,etc.). Easy to use. Support large image files. Free and/or not crippled. ...
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Utility to batch extract images from a thumbs.db thumbnail database

I've found a few thumbnail viewer tools, but nothing that can simply open a thumbs.db file and spit out a directory full of images (GIF, JPG, PNG, what have you) contained inside. Tried ...
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How to update a Google Chrome “Speed Dial” thumb?

"Speed Dial" is the New Tabe page in Google Chrome where it shows thumbnails which are links the most visited sites. One of the sites change drastically and I want that the thumb to be update. How to ...
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disable thumbnail creating or move thumbnail directory with Fedora

I'm on a shared system and have very little space my home directory; can I move the .thumbnails folder somewhere, or disable thumbnail creation? I notice most when I use Eye of Gnome to view many ...
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Improve Thumbnail Preview Speed for Images in Shared Folders

At my office we have an Apple Server running Xserver which, among other things, we use as network storage. Previously we had our Graphic Designer setup on a Windows Vista machine, and everything was ...
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Can't see PNG previews in Windows 7?

I´m using Windows 7 x64. I can see the .jpg, .gif, etc. preview thumbnails but if .PNG, I only see the generic image, and not the image preview like in the other formats. What can I do to fix this?

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