George
Sun Dec 21 12:46:52 CST 2003
Alan
Many thanks for your help and patience.
Your fix has finally worked!
I have no idea why double-clicking ico.reg did *not* work!
I had no problem when I used "Registry > Import".
Again, thanks for your help.
<g>
George Gee
*Alan Edwards* has posted this message:
> If you follow my original instructions, the fix.reg should be correct.
> It is not a complex file.
> Once created, all you have to do is double-click it (may be better
> from a folder without spaces) or you can open Regedit and import it
> with the menu option Registry-Import.
> It should inform you when it has merged correctly.
>
> ...Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
>
http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
>
> In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "George Gee"
> <george.nomaps@ntlworld.xom> wrote:
>
>> Alan
>>
>> You are probably crediting me with more experience than I possess!
>>
>> How do I use fix.reg correctly?
>>
>> George Gee
>>
>>
>> *Alan Edwards* has posted this message:
>>
>>> George,
>>>
>>> You have not correctly created or used fix.reg
>>> The Default should now be "icofile" as in fix.reg
>>>
>>> There are not meant to be any subfolders under the .ico key.
>>> The other key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\icofile
>>> It is probably correct but HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ico
>>> is clearly not correct.
>>> Please try fix.reg again.
>>>
>>> ...Alan
>>> --
>>> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
>>>
http://dts-l.org/index.html
>>>
>>> In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "George Gee"
>>> <george.nomaps@ntlworld.xom> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>>
>>>> Under: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ico]
>>>> there are no sub folders.
>>>>
>>>> .ico folder contents:
>>>> (Default) "ACDSee6.ico"
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your continued help.
>>>>
>>>> George Gee
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Alan Edwards* has posted this message:
>>>>
>>>>> What happens?
>>>>> Have a look in the Registry at the two keys mentioned in fix.reg
>>>>> and see what is there. Perhaps you have something else you
>>>>> shouldn't have?
>>>>>
>>>>> ...Alan
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
>>>>>
http://dts-l.org/index.html
>>>>>
>>>>> In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "George Gee"
>>>>> <george.nomaps@ntlworld.xom> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Alan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>>>> However, I can't seem to get this to work!
>>>>>> Any other suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> George Gee
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Alan Edwards* has posted this message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To restore .ico association:
>>>>>>> Make a file called ico.reg in Notepad from the lines below.
>>>>>>> Doubleclick it to launch it.
>>>>>>> Ensure the first line is REGEDIT4 and the last line is blank and
>>>>>>> that your mail/newsreader does not add any spaces to the end of
>>>>>>> lines.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----cut below here for ico.reg-----------
>>>>>>> REGEDIT4
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ico]
>>>>>>> @="icofile"
>>>>>>> "Content Type"="image/x-icon"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\icofile]
>>>>>>> @="Icon"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\icofile\DefaultIcon]
>>>>>>> @="%1"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----end file above here
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...Alan
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
>>>>>>>
http://dts-l.org/index.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "George Gee"
>>>>>>> <george.nomaps@ntlworld.xom> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Have seen many times on this newsgroup, the problem
>>>>>>>> of being unable to view .jpegs as thumbnails!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have the same problem, except that it is .ICO files (icons)
>>>>>>>> that I am unable to view as thumbnails.
>>>>>>>> The thumbnail is just a picture of the program that is used to
>>>>>>>> open .ICO files, (in my case ACDSee 6.2).
>>>>>>>> I have upwards of 300 icons in a folder, I would be grateful if
>>>>>>>> someone could help me to be able to see a thumbnail of them
>>>>>>>> again!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have tried the usual fix: REGSVR32 THUMBVW.DLL
>>>>>>>> with no success, have also tried manually editing the registry
>>>>>>>> and adding the .ICO file values that seem to be missing, still
>>>>>>>> nada.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Have gone way past System Restore or Scanregw /backup to be of
>>>>>>>> any use.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone point me in the right direction?