re: Question about 'Disable the automatic display of thumbnails in certain folders'
Friday, April 28, 2006 at 5:45 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ram
(1 messages posted)
Hey thanks. That worked
On Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at 7:19 pm, dobb wrote:
>Ok, i found two articles that seem to attempt handling the above. here they are,
>they might or might not be useful:
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>[lnk]http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-203[/lnk]
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>[lnk]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=812003[/lnk]
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>...and now here's what i did that seems to work:
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>1. open the folder whose picture you want to change.
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>2. put all of the image files within that folder into another folder (sub-categorize
>it).
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>3. now, go back to the original folder and right-click properties>customize>what
>type of folder? select documents. you can leave the box unchecked.
>
>4. select choose picture and select any random picture. hit ok. you should now
>see THAT picture appear on your folder.
>
>5. now to make it appear as your regular icon in thumbnail view go back and select
>restore default. you should now see the picture split into four folder pictures.
> HOWEVER, when you hit OK you will see your folder icon magically appear as the
picture!
>
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