Old Dog Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 Can some Windows savy person HELP? I took a suggestion offered here a week or 2 ago to "Enable Thumbnails" in Windows Explorer to see thumbnails of the BMPs. Since I prefer "detail" view, the thumbnails were too small to be of any value, so after having a look, I deselected it - but it won't GO AWAY! Now, whenever I look into any of my several BMP directories (do it all the time in mod testing), I am waiting while my hard drive loads the 1,600+ useless little multicolor squares. ACK!! How do I make them GO AWAY? I've deselected "Enable Thumbnails" in Explorer, rebooted several times in the last 2 weeks, and cleaned temp files off my hard drive, but they are still there. - Old Dog (hopes this won't be a Registry thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pud Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 ??? I assume you are referring to the images you get when you have the "view" option of "as webpage" turned on? If so go to view and click off the "as webpage". You will probably have to set this as the default look by going into "view" , "Folder options", "view" and click the "like current folder" button. Pud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Smurf Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 IIRC there's an index.dbf (-ish) file in the directory where the piccys are? Try deleting that. Neil ------------------ I don't sing. I don't dance. I ain't blue. Anything else you need to know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 What version of Windows are you using? ME? 2000? In ME you can usually just click View, then Details, to set it back to normal. If the thumbnails are persistent, Pud is probably on the right track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 Originally posted by Old Dog: Can some Windows savy person HELP? I took a suggestion offered here a week or 2 ago to "Enable Thumbnails" in Windows Explorer to see thumbnails of the BMPs. Since I prefer "detail" view, the thumbnails were too small to be of any value, so after having a look, I deselected it - but it won't GO AWAY! Now, whenever I look into any of my several BMP directories (do it all the time in mod testing), I am waiting while my hard drive loads the 1,600+ useless little multicolor squares. ACK!! How do I make them GO AWAY? I've deselected "Enable Thumbnails" in Explorer, rebooted several times in the last 2 weeks, and cleaned temp files off my hard drive, but they are still there. - Old Dog (hopes this won't be a Registry thing) ack, sorry you didn't like it...i'm pretty sure that was my suggestion... goto the COMBAT MISSION folder that lists the BMP, WAV, SCENARIO, etc. folders. right click the BMP directory select "Properties" a window pops up, near the bottom it should say "Enable Thumbnail View" de select it and hit "Apply" then OK. that should stop it. HTH oh and like mentioned above, go to "View" of Windows Explorer and select "Details". ------------------ russellmz, Self-Proclaimed Keeper for Life of the Sacred Unofficial FAQ. "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 03-09-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dog Posted March 9, 2001 Author Share Posted March 9, 2001 Thanks for all the suggestions folks, but no luck so far... Pud, I mean the tiny thumbnails that show in the directory listing on the right side of Windows Explorer. Not viewing as webpage, and tried resetting all folders to defaults and rebooting, then resetting all folders to my preference (no web-look, Classic Windows but with file details) and rebooting again. Nope... Papa, I checked for any index or .dbf or .dat files, but none in any of the CM BMP folders. So, nope... Mark IV, running Windows 98SE. Russellmz, I blame you entirely I have unchecked "Enable Thumbnails" on all the folders that have BMPs and rebooted. No luck, so, nope... I do think there has got to be an index file or some data stored somewhere that is doing this (inside an INI file perhaps?), but I haven't found it yet, and I've prowled most of the nooks and crannies on my HD. The search continues... - Old Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 so your saying is that what your thumbnails all come up at once? I was about to format because for some reason I couldnt view my thumbnails as a webpage anymore and I needed to be able to see all my asian chicas!! hehe Anyways, me and a friend mucked around in regedit and fixed it-you could maybe do the opposite. What you could do as a stopgap measure is switch to View as Webpage perhaps? That way you should only get one picture at a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 Originally posted by Old Dog: Thanks for all the suggestions folks, but no luck so far... Pud, I mean the tiny thumbnails that show in the directory listing on the right side of Windows Explorer. Not viewing as webpage, and tried resetting all folders to defaults and rebooting, then resetting all folders to my preference (no web-look, Classic Windows but with file details) and rebooting again. Nope... Papa, I checked for any index or .dbf or .dat files, but none in any of the CM BMP folders. So, nope... Mark IV, running Windows 98SE. Russellmz, I blame you entirely I have unchecked "Enable Thumbnails" on all the folders that have BMPs and rebooted. No luck, so, nope... I do think there has got to be an index file or some data stored somewhere that is doing this (inside an INI file perhaps?), but I haven't found it yet, and I've prowled most of the nooks and crannies on my HD. The search continues... - Old Dog before you do anything else... do the thing i mentioned above, and de-select Enable Thumbnail View now in the BMP directory go to "View" and choose Details. this gets rid of the thumbnail view right? you didn't just reboot right away? (that may not be good ) now go to any normal directory WITHOUT THE THUMBNAIL VIEW NOW. go to "View" > Folder Options make sure "Remember each folder's view settings" option is selected in the middle white window and choose "Like Current Folder" at top to make all you folders normal(hopefully) hth -------- if even that doesn't work try this as a LAST LAST LAST LAST LAST LAST resort: outflank win98 make a directory "russellmz screwed my system" in you COMBAT MISSION folder. copy your bmp files from BMP there, BUT not the desktop.INI file! choose "View" > Details, and make sure Enable Thumbnail View is not selected in Properties copy you bmp files there. delete your old BMP directory. rename "russellmz screwed my system" to BMP -------- hope that helps ------------------ russellmz, Self-Proclaimed Keeper for Life of the Sacred Unofficial FAQ. "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 Originally posted by russellmz make a directory "russellmz screwed my system" in you COMBAT MISSION folder hahahahahahahahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 Originally posted by Old Dog: Pud, I mean the tiny thumbnails that show in the directory listing on the right side of Windows Explorer. Not viewing as webpage, and tried resetting all folders to defaults and rebooting, then resetting all folders to my preference (no web-look, Classic Windows but with file details) and rebooting again. Nope... What??? You don't like that? I prefer that so I can see at a glance to what a bmp is before I load it up into a different program. I'm assuming you are talking about when you go to My Computer and you select a folder and a little preview pops up on the left side. If so, what's wrong with that? If this is not what you're talking about, then oops. ------------------ "Upon my signal, unleash Hell."--General Maximus, Gladiator "Aim small, miss small."--Mel Gibson, The Patriot "I do what I likes, and I likes what I do."--Darrell Hammond (portraying Bill Clinton), SNL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dog Posted March 9, 2001 Author Share Posted March 9, 2001 Originally posted by russellmz: ...do the thing i mentioned above, and de-select Enable Thumbnail View now in the BMP directory go to "View" and choose Details. this gets rid of the thumbnail view right? Wrong Just to make sure I am being clear, when I say "thumbnails" I am talking all 1600+ BMPs are thumbnailed at once in the detail file listing, instead of the generic little "BMP" icons I used to have there next to each file name. Originally posted by russellmz: if even that doesn't work try this as a LAST LAST LAST LAST LAST LAST resort: outflank win98 make a directory "russellmz screwed my system" in you COMBAT MISSION folder. copy your bmp files from BMP there, BUT not the desktop.INI file! choose "View" > Details, and make sure Enable Thumbnail View is not selected in Properties copy you bmp files there. delete your old BMP directory. rename "russellmz screwed my system" to BMP -------- hope that helps Nope... When I make a new "Russell" folder and copy a couple dozen BMPs into it (nothing else), then go to the folder in Explorer, each file listed has a different tiny picture next to it in the file listing. I think probably Canuck is closest to right, Registry needs a kick in the a$$, but I'm not Regedit fluent. No big deal really, it's just irritating when I change something and can't change it back. I think I liked DOS 6.2 better (Dog thinks about trying to free up XMS and/or EMS memory for each game, and then reconsiders). Max, not large useful pics on the left, but little useless ones (literally over a thousand of them at once) next to each file name on the right in Explorer. Thanks all anyway... if anyone knows what to change using Regedit or whatever, give a shout, maybe I'll brave it. - Old Dog Edit to fix stuff that was wrong... [This message has been edited by Old Dog (edited 03-09-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 arghhhh...gates strikes again.. one last thing try list view then details... i don't know why when choosing details you are still in thumbnail view... sorry bout the trouble ?confused? ------------------ russellmz, Self-Proclaimed Keeper for Life of the Sacred Unofficial FAQ. "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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