Hi all,

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.

Cheers,

Paul

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:57:08 +1000, "Paul Burdett"
<pburdett@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>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.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Paul
>


in the open window, choose the view icon and select which you need, i
always have mine on thumbnails

downside is of course takes longer to display

<paul@full.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:57:08 +1000, "Paul Burdett"
> <pburdett@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Paul
>>
>
>
> in the open window, choose the view icon and select which you need, i
> always have mine on thumbnails
>
> downside is of course takes longer to display

Thanks, but I already know this. As I said in my post I wanted to know if
there is a way to have the photos open in thumbnails by default. My internet
research tells me that this is not possible. Oh well..that's life.
>

"Paul Burdett" <pburdett@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> <paul@full.com> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:57:08 +1000, "Paul Burdett"
>> <pburdett@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Paul
>>>
>>
>>
>> in the open window, choose the view icon and select which you need, i
>> always have mine on thumbnails
>>
>> downside is of course takes longer to display
>
> Thanks, but I already know this. As I said in my post I wanted to know if
> there is a way to have the photos open in thumbnails by default. My
> internet research tells me that this is not possible. Oh well..that's
> life.
>>
>
>
I would think this is a windows option rather than PS, not sure though,
check your folder options for where you keep your photo's.


--
RobertJM

"Paul Burdett" <pburdett@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> 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.
>
> Cheers,
>
> 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

there is a registry fix
not supported by either
but works for me and others

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


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 )

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

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> "Paul Burdett" <pburdett@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:47d319c9$0$10472$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> 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
>
> there is a registry fix
> not supported by either
> but works for me and others
>
> 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
>
>
> 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 )
>
> 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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