PSD thumbnail preview in Windows XP
Darko on May 3rd, 2008
This is a follow-up to the previous article regarding the generation of thumbnail previews for FLV and 3GP files.
One of the problems that graphic designer working with Photoshop face, is Windows XP inability to create thumbnail previews for PSD files. To fix this problem follow these steps:
Download the following dll file: psicon.dll. Place the file in the following directory:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Shell\
If the Shell folder does not exist you can create it. If you understand the registry file that i’m about to give you, then you can edit the path of the file and place it anywhere you want.
Copy paste the following registry code to your favorite notepad application and name the file “psd.reg” without the quotations
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs]
“C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Adobe\\Shell\\psicon.dll”=dword:00000001[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.psd\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@=”{0B6DC6EE-C4FD-11d1-819A-00C04FB69B4D}”[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0B6DC6EE-C4FD-11d1-819A-00C04FB69B4D}]
@=”Photoshop Icon Handler”[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0B6DC6EE-C4FD-11d1-819A-00C04FB69B4D}\InProcServer32]
@=”C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Adobe\\Shell\\psicon.dll”
“ThreadingModel”=”Apartment”
Run the file you just saved and you’ll be notified that you’re adding information to the registry, click yes.
That’s it, now head to any folder containing psd files, select a Thumbnails view and Windows explorer will be able to create Thumbnail previews to all PSDs. Problem Solved!!
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Nice! Maybe do a vista version?
May 14th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Call me crazy, but this did not work for me. Perhaps it doesn’t work immediately… maybe after a restart? I understand the concept of merging info into the registry; I simply copied and pasted. And I understand how to download a file and put it somewhere. I mean, I did it right… What gives?