| "ethniu" <
[email protected]>
| wrote in message | i used to be able to get a preview of html thumbnails so that i could
| see what the html page was. i can't do that anymore. <SNIP>
Hmmm... By default Microsoft Windows XP does not show
thumbnails of .html files.
But according to my old notes from when I had Microsoft
Windows 2000 installed the following file types used (or could use)
the HTML Thumbnail Extractor:
..eml, .htm, .html, .mht, .mhtml, .nws, .txt, .url, .xml
And in both Win2K and WinXP the HTML Thumbnail Extractor
has the following CLSID:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EAB841A0-9550-11CF-8C16-00805F1408F3}
To associate any of the above file types with the thumbnail image
handler involves adding keys and value data to the registry.
WARNING: Changing or deleting registry entries may cause
serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating
system. Before you run the Registry Editor I recommend that you
understand how to backup, edit and restore the registry.
In particular, I suggest that you read the following KB322756
article section titled "Export Registry Keys" and then, before you
edit the registry export the keys that you plan to edit. For more
information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article.
KB322756 - HOW TO: Back Up, Edit, and Restore the
Registry in Windows XP and Windows Server
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;322756
To associate the .html file type with the thumbnail image handler
follow these steps:
- Logon to the computer using an account that has Administrative
privileges
- Click Start, click Run, type the following command and click
OK: regedit
- Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html
- Right-click the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html registry key,
point to New, and then click Key. Name the new key:
ShellEx
- Right-click the ShellEx registry key that you created, point to
New, and then click Key. Name the new key:
{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}
- In the left-pane make certain that the
{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}key is
selected. In the right-pane right-click the Default value and then
type the following value data in the Value data box:
{EAB841A0-9550-11CF-8C16-00805F1408F3}
- Run Windows Explorer and verify that you can view
thumbnails for .html files.
Note: The above steps will only enable thumbnails for files with
the .html extension. If you want to enable thumbnails for .htm files
you will need to follow the above steps for that file extension.
Of course, in the above steps replace every occurrence of .html
with .htm
