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12-27-2007
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| | Re: How do I restore Icons to display as icons rather than thumbna Thank you, running the reg file at that website fixed the 16x16 icon views back to showing the icon. "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote: Quote: > Hi, > > Try running the .ico file association fix from here: > http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html > > -- > Regards, > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com > > > "jojobear99" <jojobear99@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:01AE93BC-DDF3-4E58-A54A-623FB448B2F6@xxxxxx > I have an unusual problem. I was working on making some ugly filetype icons > prettier, and I changed the default editor for .ico (icon) files by right > clicking on a file and selecting an icon editor application, as the default > viewer can't even display vista icons (somehow ironic!). That worked okay > except it caused an odd side effect--now icons appear in windows explorer in > thumbnail view (just like if they were a jpg or png) on a random view from > the icon rather than displaying the best sized icon view. This means at > "small icons" it doesn't even show the icon's image, just a generic file > icon. Eeek, maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all! But now I can't > figure out how to restore icons to displaying in their native view in > explorer! Any help on how to undo this would be much appreciated! > |
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12-27-2007
| #12 (permalink) |
| Vista Ultimate X64 | Re: How do I restore Icons to display as icons rather than thumbnails? Hmm one place to look possible is Start > My Computer > Tools > Folder Options. Look in there for a possbile answer.  Raj |
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12-27-2007
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| | Re: How do I restore Icons to display as icons rather than thumbna You're welcome! -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "jojobear99" <jojobear99@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1480A4C5-DCD8-4E51-A2C4-DAEB21CB33CF@xxxxxx Thank you, running the reg file at that website fixed the 16x16 icon views back to showing the icon. "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote: Quote: > Hi, > > Try running the .ico file association fix from here: > http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html > > -- > Regards, > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com > > > "jojobear99" <jojobear99@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:01AE93BC-DDF3-4E58-A54A-623FB448B2F6@xxxxxx > I have an unusual problem. I was working on making some ugly filetype icons > prettier, and I changed the default editor for .ico (icon) files by right > clicking on a file and selecting an icon editor application, as the default > viewer can't even display vista icons (somehow ironic!). That worked okay > except it caused an odd side effect--now icons appear in windows explorer in > thumbnail view (just like if they were a jpg or png) on a random view from > the icon rather than displaying the best sized icon view. This means at > "small icons" it doesn't even show the icon's image, just a generic file > icon. Eeek, maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all! But now I can't > figure out how to restore icons to displaying in their native view in > explorer! Any help on how to undo this would be much appreciated! > |
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