"KatWoman" <spamfree@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul Burdett" <pburdett@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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>> Hi all,
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>> Using CS3+win XP. Is there a way to have the photos displayed as
>> thumbnails when clicking: File>open, instead of icons by default? That
>> is, without having to select the view menu and selecting thumbnails.
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>> Cheers,
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>> Paul
> PS removed the thumbnail feature for Windoz after PS 7.01
> they said it is an OS conflict and would not work with MS to fix it for us
> I am sure it is a way to force us to use their crappy file browser
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> there is a registry fix
> not supported by either
> but works for me and others
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> Google for psicon.dll
> which is the module that was used by previous versions of PS
> make sure to read the instructions fully that come with the file
> always backup your registry before making any changes
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> there is one for Illustrator thumbnails too, but I don't recommend it, it
> makes all the thumbnails very small in a white background (I guess it
> shows the whole canvas )
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> I prefer my own system of filing in Explorer and I think the PS browser is
> superslow to see the files in a folder by comparison even when previously
> cached, windows opens them noticeably faster

Thank you for the info. I found psicon.dll, but there were no instructions
with it..so I "Googled" and found some that involve registry
alterations..also some of the sites I found said there was another dll file
needed..aicon.dll or something like that. No worries..I'll stick with what
I've got. It only takes a second to switch from icon to thumbnail view
anyway. Seems strange to me though why the issue exists!

Cheers,

Paul

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