Thumbnails in Windows Explorer using CS2

This may have been covered here before, but I went on a hunt yesterday for a solution to thumbnails no longer displaying in Windows Explorer for Photoshop PSD files. Finally found a working patch here: http://home.earthlink.net/~freeware-soft/ps.cs.t.patch.zip
Basically CS and CS2 no longer include the DLL files that let Explorer display thumbnails, and uninstalling v.7 etc deletes the file. If you are installing on a fresh computer that’s never had earlier versions of Photoshop installed then you are missing various bits in the registry too. This link fixes the lot (though the reason that Adobe removed the feature is because it was unstable supposedly though I’ve never had any problems with it – So caveat emptor.)

If you have had a previous version of Photoshop on your computer then all that should be necessary is to place psicon.dll back into the shell folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\.

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"Caitlin" wrote in message

This may have been covered here before, but I went on a hunt yesterday for a solution to thumbnails no longer displaying in Windows Explorer for Photoshop PSD files. Finally found a working patch here: http://home.earthlink.net/~freeware-soft/ps.cs.t.patch.zip
Basically CS and CS2 no longer include the DLL files that let Explorer display thumbnails, and uninstalling v.7 etc deletes the file. If you are installing on a fresh computer that’s never had earlier versions of Photoshop installed then you are missing various bits in the registry too. This link fixes the lot (though the reason that Adobe removed the feature is because it was unstable supposedly though I’ve never had any problems with it – So caveat emptor.)

If you have had a previous version of Photoshop on your computer then all that should be necessary is to place psicon.dll back into the shell folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\.

I thought that by having the "bridge" meant you do not really need the thumbnail any more [IMO]

I did miss the thumbnails in CS1, but with the advent of CS2 and the bridge I do not miss the thumbnails any more.

NIK

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"Caitlin" wrote in message

This may have been covered here before, but I went on a hunt yesterday for a solution to thumbnails no longer displaying in Windows Explorer for Photoshop PSD files. Finally found a working patch here: http://home.earthlink.net/~freeware-soft/ps.cs.t.patch.zip
Basically CS and CS2 no longer include the DLL files that let Explorer display thumbnails, and uninstalling v.7 etc deletes the file. If you are installing on a fresh computer that’s never had earlier versions of Photoshop installed then you are missing various bits in the registry too. This link fixes the lot (though the reason that Adobe removed the feature is because it was unstable supposedly though I’ve never had any problems with it – So caveat emptor.)

If you have had a previous version of Photoshop on your computer then all that should be necessary is to place psicon.dll back into the shell folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\.

This may have been covered here before, but I went on a hunt yesterday for a solution to thumbnails no longer displaying in Windows Explorer for Photoshop PSD files. Finally found a working patch here: http://home.earthlink.net/~freeware-soft/ps.cs.t.patch.zip

Basically CS and CS2 no longer include the DLL files that let Explorer display thumbnails, and uninstalling v.7 etc deletes the file. If you are installing on a fresh computer that’s never had earlier versions of Photoshop installed then you are missing various bits in the registry too. This link fixes the lot (though the reason that Adobe removed the feature is because it was unstable supposedly though I’ve never had any problems with it – So caveat emptor.)

If you have had a previous version of Photoshop on your computer then all that should be necessary is to place psicon.dll back into the shell folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\.

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, Caitlin wrote:

This may have been covered here before, but I went on a hunt yesterday for a solution to thumbnails no longer displaying in Windows Explorer for Photoshop PSD files. Finally found a working patch here: http://home.earthlink.net/~freeware-soft/ps.cs.t.patch.zip

Basically CS and CS2 no longer include the DLL files that let Explorer display thumbnails, and uninstalling v.7 etc deletes the file. If you are installing on a fresh computer that’s never had earlier versions of Photoshop installed then you are missing various bits in the registry too. This link fixes the lot (though the reason that Adobe removed the feature is because it was unstable supposedly though I’ve never had any problems with it – So caveat emptor.)

If you have had a previous version of Photoshop on your computer then all that should be necessary is to place psicon.dll back into the shell folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\.

We stopped shipping that DLL due to intractable issues found with Windows Explorer. This was the cause of issues such as files appearing locked and not being able to be moved, renamed or deleted without a reboot. So while thumbnails may now show up, this may also be the cause of future problems as well.

This may have been covered here before, but I went on a hunt yesterday for a solution to thumbnails no longer displaying in Windows Explorer for Photoshop PSD files. Finally found a working patch here: http://home.earthlink.net/~freeware-soft/ps.cs.t.patch.zip
Basically CS and CS2 no longer include the DLL files that let Explorer display thumbnails, and uninstalling v.7 etc deletes the file. If you are installing on a fresh computer that’s never had earlier versions of Photoshop installed then you are missing various bits in the registry too. This link fixes the lot (though the reason that Adobe removed the feature is because it was unstable supposedly though I’ve never had any problems with it – So caveat emptor.)

If you have had a previous version of Photoshop on your computer then all that should be necessary is to place psicon.dll back into the shell folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\.

On Sun, 29 May 2005 15:31:16 +1000, "Caitlin"
wrote:

This may have been covered here before, but I went on a hunt yesterday for a
solution to thumbnails no longer displaying in Windows Explorer for Photoshop PSD files. Finally found a working patch here: http://home.earthlink.net/~freeware-soft/ps.cs.t.patch.zip
Basically CS and CS2 no longer include the DLL files that let Explorer display thumbnails, and uninstalling v.7 etc deletes the file. If you are installing on a fresh computer that’s never had earlier versions of Photoshop installed then you are missing various bits in the registry too. This link fixes the lot (though the reason that Adobe removed the feature is
because it was unstable supposedly though I’ve never had any problems with it – So caveat emptor.)

If you have had a previous version of Photoshop on your computer then all that should be necessary is to place psicon.dll back into the shell folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\.

And the reason they don’t is that the .dll was flaky and caused a lot of problems to people’s operating systems. It was so flaky that it wasn’t worth repairing so Adobe ditched it.

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Fair enough – however it’s caused no problems for me so I wanted it back! Shame they didn’t fix it rather than ditch it.

"Caitlin" wrote in message

Fair enough – however it’s caused no problems for me so I wanted it back! Shame they didn’t fix it rather than ditch it.

adobe said that the problem was in the operating system, not specifically the dll.

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, Caitlin wrote:

This may have been covered here before, but I went on a hunt yesterday for a
solution to thumbnails no longer displaying in Windows Explorer for Photoshop PSD files. Finally found a working patch here: http://home.earthlink.net/~freeware-soft/ps.cs.t.patch.zip

Basically CS and CS2 no longer include the DLL files that let Explorer display thumbnails, and uninstalling v.7 etc deletes the file. If you are installing on a fresh computer that’s never had earlier versions of Photoshop installed then you are missing various bits in the registry too.
This link fixes the lot (though the reason that Adobe removed the feature is
because it was unstable supposedly though I’ve never had any problems with
it – So caveat emptor.)

If you have had a previous version of Photoshop on your computer then all that should be necessary is to place psicon.dll back into the shell folder
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\.

We stopped shipping that DLL due to intractable issues found with Windows Explorer. This was the cause of issues such as files appearing locked and not being able to be moved, renamed or deleted without a reboot. So while thumbnails may now show up, this may also be the cause of future problems as well.

–marc

Marc, do these problems ever surface in absence of PS? Are they limited to XP or include Win2K also? What does Microsoft have to say about them?

"Caitlin" wrote in message

Fair enough – however it’s caused no problems for me so I wanted it back! Shame they didn’t fix it rather than ditch it.

adobe said that the problem was in the operating system, not specifically the dll.

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"Caitlin" wrote in message

Fair enough – however it’s caused no problems for me so I wanted it back! Shame they didn’t fix it rather than ditch it.

adobe said that the problem was in the operating system, not specifically the dll.

So are you saying it was only removed for Windows XP users?

On Sun, 29 May 2005 19:57:54 -0500, "johnboy" wrote:

"Caitlin" wrote in message

Fair enough – however it’s caused no problems for me so I wanted it back!
Shame they didn’t fix it rather than ditch it.

adobe said that the problem was in the operating system, not specifically the dll.

Well, they would say that wouldn’t they. Given that no-one else’s software displays a similar problem…

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you don’t have, to impress people you don’t like…

Rick wrote:

Marc, do these problems ever surface in absence of PS? Are they limited to XP or include Win2K also? What does Microsoft have to say about them?

Windows XP SP2:

It sometimes happens in Explorer with just regular files. For example, if you have left an Explorer window open with a video selected, we’ve found often we’re not able to move that video from another Explorer instance… it says "file in use". The file is being locked by the orginal Explorer instance. It’s a pain!!!! So tend to have preview turned off and use ACDSee for previewing general multimedia files, and Bridge for all artwork.

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On Sun, 29 May 2005 19:57:54 -0500, "johnboy" wrote:

"Caitlin" wrote in message

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Fair enough – however it’s caused no problems for me so I wanted it back! Shame they didn’t fix it rather than ditch it.

adobe said that the problem was in the operating system, not specifically the dll.

Well, they would say that wouldn’t they. Given that no-one else’s software displays a similar problem…

On Mon, 30 May 2005 20:27:43 +1000, "Caitlin"
wrote:

"johnboy" wrote in message

"Caitlin" wrote in message

Fair enough – however it’s caused no problems for me so I wanted it back!
Shame they didn’t fix it rather than ditch it.

adobe said that the problem was in the operating system, not specifically
the dll.

So are you saying it was only removed for Windows XP users?

No, it was removed from CS onwards.

No, it was removed from CS onwards.

That’s what I though – so the operating system explanation doesn’t completely wash…

Well, they would say that wouldn’t they. Given that no-one else’s software displays a similar problem…

So far, everyone attempting to use the explorer extension APIs has run into the same problem (and most have removed their DLLs since). They do let us talk to engineers from other companies once in a while, ya know.

We stopped shipping that DLL due to intractable issues found with Windows Explorer. This was the cause of issues such as files appearing locked and not being able to be moved, renamed or deleted without a reboot. So while thumbnails may now show up, this may also be the cause of future problems as well.

Marc, do these problems ever surface in absence of PS? Are they limited to XP or include Win2K also? What does Microsoft have to say about them?

On Tue, 31 May 2005 02:22:35 GMT, Chris Cox
wrote:

Well, they would say that wouldn’t they. Given that no-one else’s software displays a similar problem…

So far, everyone attempting to use the explorer extension APIs has run into the same problem (and most have removed their DLLs since). They do let us talk to engineers from other companies once in a while, ya know.

<g> and there I was thinking they looked you in a darkened room with a bunch of computers, and a small hatch through which they passed you pizzas and black coffee until the next version was built….