>Hi -
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>Hope someone can help me, this is driving me crazy!!
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>In Windows Explorer I want to be able to preview my .jpg files. I know it's possible because it USED to work (before I messed with some things....) I have Explorer set to be viewed as a web page, but it no longer shows the preview for .jpgs, although it still works for .bmp files tho. I think I might have to do something in the View/Folder Options....
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>Can anyone tell me how to set this up?
>Thanks!!
> ellen

Explorer uses the Shellex extension in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for the file type to decide how to preview the file. Look in your system registry and check the name and default value of the single folder named "Shellex" under the file extension bmp. Since your bmp previewing works, you might make a backup of this registry folder by exporting that folder, then copy the folder name and value to the same location under the jpg extension. The 2 file types use the same extractor function, so this should make the jpgs behave like your bmps.

FYI- the GUID that my sytems uses points to a function id System32\browseui.dll