Tnumbnail folder view not working (WME)

[Pretzelboy]

I just re-formatted & re-installed my OS and all programs (my 9-year old was unsupervised for 5 minutes). I am unable to thumbnail view .JPEG files in my folders. .BMP files work fine. I am a novice and really have no clue how to fix this. I'm assuming its a registry key issue. Can anyone help?

[DanK]

Are you seeing the program icon as the thumbnail?
Try changing the program jpegs open with and then change it back

[DanK]

Sorry, should have explained more.

Open windows explorer & click
Tools>Folder Options>File Types, scroll down to jpg & hit change. Choose paint or something similar.

See if that changes anything

[DanK]

Better solution
Click Start>Run , & copy the following regsvr32.exe /i shdocvw.dll & press return

[Mosaic1]

I wonder if it is just a coincidence and your child had nothing to do with it.
This usually happens when the shellex registry subkey under that particular filetype is missing.
I use WIN98 SE and here is a registry file which is used to restore thumbnail preview for Jpegs.
Copy the bold to Notepad. Save as Jpegthumb.reg Double click on it to enter into the registry
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpe\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpe\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpeg\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpeg\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"

[Pretzelboy]

Thanks! I used the .reg file from Mosaic1 to repair. It is now working like it did before the re-install. What happenned is that my 9 year old managed to crash the OS pretty badly while on AOL. This caused a bnunch of problems that I only know how to fix by starting over from the beginning. The Jpeg problem is certainly my fault on the re-install. I like to delete all the junk programs that come pre-loaded w/ the CPU, and I deleted some shared files by mistake. I think.

Everything seems G2G now.

DanK...Thanks for the replies. I tried changing the associated program for the file types. No luck. I appreciate the help tremendously.

Mosaic1...Thanks a bunch for helping me out!

[DanK]

I tried /images/forums/icons/crazy.gif

At least Mo is on the ball /images/forums/icons/smile.gif