Thanks for everything. It worked a treat! Problem was in the default value in
the registry entry. I copied and pasted your value into my registry and there
the images were in all their glory.

I have stored this gem in a safe place against future catastrophes.

Yes I did have Thumbnails switched on, but in Thumbnail View only got the an
Icon, not the image itself.

Thanks too for the links. I'll be looking further into those.

"PCR" wrote:

(1) R-Clk the folder that has your .pcx in Explorer's L-Pane, select
Properties, & check "Enable thumbnail view".
(2) Refresh the view in the R-Pane by clicking inside it & then pressing
F5.
(3) R-Clk the R-Pane, View, & select "Thumbnail"

If that doesn't work, then...

There is a repair for it at...
http://aumha.org/regfiles.htm
& here it is...

http://aumha.org/downloads/thumnail.zip
This is the general fix to restore Windows Explorer’s thumbnail preview
capability for a dozen different image types. Based on the original work
of Alex Nichol, Doug Knox & other MS-MVPs.
WARNING: Do not use in Win XP.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"PCR" wrote in message
...
| REGEDIT4
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pcx]
| @="PCXImage.Document"
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pcx\ShellEx]
|
|
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pcx\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
| @="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
|
| That's what mine looks like, but I have no .pcx file with which to see
| whether Thumbnails work for it. Are you sure you turned on Thumbnails
| for it's folder? Looks like... I must...
|
| (a) R-Clk the folder in the L=Pane, & check "Enable thumbnail view".
| (b) Switch to another folder, & then back to this one.
| (c) R-Clk in R-Pane, View, Thumbnails.
|
| And here is what my .bmp looks like...
|
| REGEDIT4
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp]
| @="Paint.Picture"
| "Content Type"="image/bmp"
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]
| "NullFile"=""
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellEx]
|
|
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
| @="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
|
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "John Mole" wrote in message
| ...
| | I do not seem to be able to get PCX images to display as thumbnails
in
| | Explorer 98SE.
| |
| | I have tried the usual dodge, where thumbnails have mysteriously
| | disappeared, of amending the registry entry by copying down the
| relevant bits
| | from a .bmp image down to a PCX but this has not worked.
| |
| | Can anyone throw some light on this, please?
| |
|
|