Get rid of thumbnail view

[HyperHacker]

I have a really annoying problem. In whatever folder I designate as My Pictures, the default view is always thumbnails no matter what I do to try and make it something else. Not only do I not like this view but it often causes my video card to crash. Is there a way to force it to use a different view for this folder or disable Thumbnail view entirely?

[jfmartel]

Did you tried to set the view to "detail" then go to folder option and set "Apply to all folder" ?

[stanstan]

Just make a new folder. name it 'My Pictures A'

Copy all your pictures to this new folder.

The 'detail view'. If it works delete all pictures in 'My pictures'

[HyperHacker]

Apply To All doesn't do it in this case. Making a new folder might, but then wouldn't that folder no longer be the default My Pictures folder? I recall trying that with My Music and ended up not having one at all. (I still had a folder full of music, but the various My Music links wouldn't lead to it anymore.)

I really wouldn't even mind if I had to completely disable the Thumbnails view. (Maybe something can change it to be the same as another view?) It tends to crash (as in BSOD) my computer anyway due to low video memory. >_<

[trodas]

So, anyone know a solution? Like unregister some dll files, or disable something at startup? Guys? I was told that I'm just picky and misinformed, but seems like there are more of us

[trodas]

Okay, let's speak the pictures, shall we? On safe/open requester I got always this (the size is already tweaked):

While I desperately want to see by default THIS:

Now, since there is not likely to be any option to alter that behaviour (or it is?), maybe we shall modify the comdlg32.dll file to get the wanted result?

Anyone is getting any ideas?

[trodas]

This pose a huge problem, because if I set the D: as My Pictures, then all applications default view of D: dir and any subfolders withing it (!!!) in useless and terribly flustrating Thumbnail view, witch no-one seems to know how to change! (that way the change stick... of course)

So, I think it is necessary to - either modify the comdlg32.dll file to disable the Thumbnail view activation OR modify the IE, forcing it to open other folder for saving pictures that the My Pictures directory.

There is simply no other way (I fear) that get open/save dialog for pictures from IE w/o thumbnails and to open it exactly in directory, where I want it to open.

Like I say - it could be the default "My Pictures" as long, as we figure out how to modify the comdlg32.dll file.

Or we could figure out how to edit the IE default pictures saving directory to other one that "My Pictures" - eg. like the wanted D:\\ one...

[ZileXa]

If you just want list-view, there is no big problem at all!

it can be done with a simple regtweak... will post it 2night or tomorrow.

[trodas]

That would be JUST AMAZING

Can't wait for that. Sadly, the:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"ClassicViewState"=dword:00000001

Don't not worked... Yet I tried the XFiles Dialog ( http://www.xdesksoftware.com/xfilesdialog.html ) and tought it does work, I did not like another program running, so, anything that help me there would be great. Remember, it should either change the IE default images save directory (from My Pictures to defined one)

OR

get rid of the default Thumbnails view of the My Pictures directory

Thx!

[trodas]

A little... bump?

[ZileXa]

Sorry for the very late response... have been very busy with my own bachelorresearch programme.

Here it is, a regtweak for Always-List-view-in-Explorer.

So not Just your Pictures folder!

What I do, after my pc has been installed, I open My Computer folder and select the other Viewing option (don't know the English word) and do the same for Network Connections folder, and do the same for my D: drive (containing folders Music, Movies, Download + my documentsfolders for the useraccounts). For those folders I don't like list-view

Perhaps with Regshot you could catch these changes and save them with this regtweak

Maybe I'll do it later 2day and update this post, have to install a laptop.

;List-view in Explorer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams]
"Settings"=hex:09,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,e0,a5,1f,0e,73,35,cf,11,ae,\
  69,08,00,2b,2e,12,62,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,43,00,00,00

Add this to your regtweaks.reg file that runs during Windows Setup stage T13. If you don't I don't think it will have any effect.

BTW this is a common known regtweak, If you guys would have checked the regtweaks topics, Regtweaks.net or something, Regtweaks Pt 4 in the Unattended Windows section or TipsnTweaks section you would have found this tweak earlier (it's how I found it a year or more ago).

EDIT:

perhaps also usefull:

my system doesn't show thumbnails for images when I select thumbnailview, it only shows the icon of the associated program. This happens when you remove Windows Picture/fax viewer (wich I still recommend to remove because I hate the Windows picture viewer stealing associations).

This can be annoying when you need to select an image, for example for Msn Messenger. You get a Browse dialog, and you can browse to the image you want to select, so for this you select Thumbnailview but you get to see the pictogram of the associated program/filetype.

Download shimgvw.dll and place it in your Windows\System32 folder.

Then just click Start>Run... and copy paste this:

regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

press enter, done!

Some people might think you are vulnerable for the WMF exploit if you enable this file again, bul*****. The recommendation to disable this .dll was only when there was no patch available. I assume your system already got the patch (from the RyanVM or similar Updatepack) You won't be vulnerable to the WMF leak if your Windows is patched.

BTW this has nothing to do with the regtweak.

Edited October 25, 2006 by ZileXa

[trodas]

Sorry, I did not understand it by one bit. First at all, of course the view is set to windows default of the directories, you meant that, did not you?

Right?

Second, I installed the req tweak (not sure where the backslash come in and why, but I removed it, of course):

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams]
"Settings"=hex:09,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,e0,a5,1f,0e,73,35,cf,11,ae,69,08,00,2b,2e,12,62,04,00,00,00,
04,00,00,00,43,00,00,00

Even rebooted and no change at all?

And the shimgvw.dll I did not understand completely. I use:

regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll

to disable the cursed XP image viwer - I see no reason why puting the file back on, even I did not deleted it yet.

Please, please, please explain HOW to get this to work!

[ZileXa]

The regtweak does work, but your version is corrupt!

Just delete the backslash thats all...

yours contains:

"Settings"=hex& #58;09,

the bold items do not belong there, see my code again. This forum automatically cuts the line with a backslash. I attached the regtweak this time. And it is also in the regtweaks topic.

And I pointed out you should run this regtweak at T13 to make sure it works.

Also the part about shimgvw.dll is just extra... I find it annoying I do not see the preview in dialogs. For example when I need to select a picture to attach to an emailmessage. the dialogs also have list view, but even when I choose thumbnailview I do not see thumbnails but big icons instead.

Registering the dll file shows thumbnails of the pictures in thumbnailview, instead of icons.

With icons I mean exactly what you see in your (trodas) first screenshot! The acdsee icons, instead of a thumbnail of the picture. In Explorer I don't care about this, but in dialogs where you need a certain picture I do find it annoying. (For example if you want to select 1 nice photo for MSN Messenger avatar, from a folder with 100 photos).

ListView.reg

Edited October 25, 2006 by ZileXa

[trodas]

My version is not corrupt, hopefully, but the forum corrupted it Obviously it a bit corrupted ours as well as mine example...

Anyway, let's move on.

And I pointed out you should run this regtweak at T13 to make sure it works.

This part I did not understand at all. What do you mean by that? What exatly one have to do?

I never ever heard about any T13 stage or something like that. All what I want to to is completely and definitively get rid of the thumbnails view. They has to be gone forever and ever for me...

the part about shimgvw.dll is just extra...

Great to hear that, completely skipping then. I always remember/save the name and use one icon for all forums, only change (usualy) the background transparency color before renering my sig from AI to gif in Photoshop so the antialiasing to the transparent go to the color the forum backgroud it, to make it looking nice.

[ZileXa]

OHW sorry!

I thought this topic was in the Unattended Windows forum!

With nLite (www.nliteos.com) you can edit the Windows XP install CD, shrink it. And create a CD that installs Windows automatically (you can go drink some coffee while the CD installs Windows + apps).

There is a stage during this setup process wich is called T13, because then there are 13 minutes remaining before Windows Setup is finished and reboots and loads the Windows Gui for the first time.

During this time you can let Setup launch a .reg file with your favorite tweaks! They will be applied for All Users and the tweaks will be set as default.

If the file I attached to my previous post still doesn't work, I'll investigate if the tweak can be applied to a user-specific section of Windows Registry.

Did the file work?

Remember to close all Windows Explorer screens, run the .reg file I attached and when its finished, reboot pc. After reboot, open My Pictures and hopefully you'll have list-view!