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!!
By Mark on May 3, 2008 | Reply
Nice! Maybe do a vista version?
By Bart on May 14, 2008 | Reply
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?
By ArielX9 on Jul 14, 2008 | Reply
Thumbnails speaking… Is it possible to select a specific frame to show the thumbnail of a movie on Windows Explorer?(that’s because the explorer shows the first one and many times the first frame it’s a black screen or a image which is not the ideal to identify the movie properly)
Thanks.
Ariel
By ArielX9 on Jul 14, 2008 | Reply
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I repeat this again because the other similar has some typing errors…
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I guess the ideal thing is the media file allow to determine this. If doesn’t exist a program to do this I suppose the way is to copy the frame you want with a video editor and paste it at the start of the movie in order to be the first frame.
I love VirtualDub because it’s simple and very useful (and just demands a little of memory resources) but doesn’t work with WMV files. I’ll try to find some patch to solve this problem and edit WMV files with this perfect tool.
Thanks again.
Ariel.