re: How do you stop the Windows Media preview when you click on an MPEG
Monday, April 14, 2003 at 3:18 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Francisco
(3 messages posted)
this does not work for me :(, I didn't find the Shellex in my \.avi path either :(,
I am using w2k so it may just be all together diffrent
On Sunday, April 13, 2003 at 6:32 pm, Johnny Ryall wrote:
>I've posted this before, but i couldn't find it after i formatted and had to figure
>it out all over again =(
>
>This tip will disable the preview for video files, but still keeps the preview for
>images (which i find quite useful).
>
>open regedit and find this key:
>
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}
>
>Rename the key "{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}" to "-{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}"
>(i.e. put a dash in front of the existing name).
>
>That's it, if it doesn't work then try restarting, for me the changes were immediate.
>
>NOTE:
>I use XP so I'm not sure if this works on a win2K machine. If it doesn't, or if
the
>key doesn't exist then you'll need to open
>
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx
>
>and open the key inside (mine was called "{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}"
>but it may be different in win2K). Open the "(default)" string value. The value
inside
>is the one you will need to rename in the
>
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
>
>path.
>
>Hope this helped. If you have any problems then e-mail me and let me know
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