ScanDisk & Disk Disk Defragmenter & Thumbnail View ( A bit lengthy)

WOW!
That was helpful, Mike.
Thank you very much for your input.

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
So not just My Documents but also its sub-folders.

ScanDisk and Defrag will not run at all in safe mode or normal mode

Just how can one person turn their system into such a disaster? Did you
take a course in computer destruction? Enquiring minds need to know! How
are you when it comes to using a microwave or washing machine? Did you
even bother with a VCR? vbg
--
Mike Maltby

Mike/SGB - Re : Thumbnails.

Not really been following this (series of?) thread(s) so not too sure if
it's already been suggested - however, just wonder? :-

At Start Run type
REGSVR32 THUMBVW.DLL
press Enter.
(Note the space between 32 and TH)

OTOH :-
Just how can one person turn their system into such a disaster?

In which case then perhaps the above is not applicable bg

HTH

Mart



"Mike M" wrote in message
...
So not just My Documents but also its sub-folders.

ScanDisk and Defrag will not run at all in safe mode or normal mode

Just how can one person turn their system into such a disaster? Did you
take a course in computer destruction? Enquiring minds need to know! How
are you when it comes to using a microwave or washing machine? Did you
even bother with a VCR? vbg
--
Mike Maltby



SGB wrote:

Mike Sweetie -

I am trying to explain the best I can.

I open my documents by clicking on the icon on my desktop. I click on
the folder My Pictures Click on a subfolder Click on View Click
on Thumbnail. All that appears are the icons for a .jpg. .jpeg or
.gif image. The actual image does not appear. I was referencing that
article to try to explain what was happening with my system. If I can
only registry tweak it for Win ME as they did Win 2000.

ScanDisk and Defrag will not run at all in safe mode or normal mode
even with CA Security on snooze. They do nothing at all. They get
hung up on the beginning of the program.

Thanks Mart,

Your solution is the one I would have offered if SGB had answered my
question about whether the problem just affected the My Documents object
or whether other folders were also involved. Perhaps I should have thrown
it into the ring regardless and thanks for covering my omission.
--
Mike Maltby



Mart wrote:

Mike/SGB - Re : Thumbnails.

Not really been following this (series of?) thread(s) so not too sure
if it's already been suggested - however, just wonder? :-

At Start Run type
REGSVR32 THUMBVW.DLL
press Enter.
(Note the space between 32 and TH)

OTOH :-
Just how can one person turn their system into such a disaster?

In which case then perhaps the above is not applicable bg

LOL!! You remind me of a past poster called Jan......female of course.
She has the same sort of wingy sense of humour that you do. (pausing to
muse on whether that is a good thing or not......8-))

And on checking your IP number, you are WAY closer to Heirloom than you
are to Mike, lol. In fact you are too damn close to a ranch in
Crawford. (G)

Heather (and what was that dream?? Maybe better I don't know, lol)

"SGB" wrote in message
...
WOW!
That was helpful, Mike.
Thank you very much for your input.

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
So not just My Documents but also its sub-folders.

ScanDisk and Defrag will not run at all in safe mode or normal mode

Just how can one person turn their system into such a disaster? Did
you
take a course in computer destruction? Enquiring minds need to know!
How
are you when it comes to using a microwave or washing machine? Did
you
even bother with a VCR? vbg
--
Mike Maltby

Oh Mart -

Thank you so very much for that solution. It was that simple to solve my
problem. All is good. The images can be viewed.
AND
Thank you for your -nonjudgmental - kindness.

Gratefully,
SGB

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Mike/SGB - Re : Thumbnails.

Not really been following this (series of?) thread(s) so not too sure if
it's already been suggested - however, just wonder? :-

At Start Run type
REGSVR32 THUMBVW.DLL
press Enter.
(Note the space between 32 and TH)

OTOH :-
Just how can one person turn their system into such a disaster?

In which case then perhaps the above is not applicable bg

HTH

Mart



"Mike M" wrote in message
...
So not just My Documents but also its sub-folders.

ScanDisk and Defrag will not run at all in safe mode or normal mode

Just how can one person turn their system into such a disaster? Did you
take a course in computer destruction? Enquiring minds need to know!
How
are you when it comes to using a microwave or washing machine? Did you
even bother with a VCR? vbg
--
Mike Maltby



SGB wrote:

Mike Sweetie -

I am trying to explain the best I can.

I open my documents by clicking on the icon on my desktop. I click on
the folder My Pictures Click on a subfolder Click on View Click
on Thumbnail. All that appears are the icons for a .jpg. .jpeg or
.gif image. The actual image does not appear. I was referencing that
article to try to explain what was happening with my system. If I can
only registry tweak it for Win ME as they did Win 2000.

ScanDisk and Defrag will not run at all in safe mode or normal mode
even with CA Security on snooze. They do nothing at all. They get
hung up on the beginning of the program.

You do know that you could help yourself and short circuiting some of
these long threads by answering the questions you are asked. For example
in this case, whether all folders are affected by the thumbnail view
problem or whether the problem is just confined to those in the My
Documents folder.

Given your last comment I feel it best to try and ignore your posts in
future. I sincerely hope you find the answers you are looking for.
--
Mike Maltby



SGB wrote:

WOW!
That was helpful, Mike.
Thank you very much for your input.

There you are, Heather!

Yeppers! I live in Dallas. Wayyyyyy toooooo closeeeeee to Bush's farm. The
!#$%^& stops at Love airport just three miles from my home when he goes to
Crawford wayyyyyy toooooo often. Way too many vacations in a country with
wayyyyyy toooooo troubles.

Would love to share something with you, but I will not in THIS newsgroup.
(HINT)
AND
I will not tell you about the dream in THIS newsgroup either.
I know you understand why not.

I have not checked anyone's IP in here. Too busy just trying to keep things
running.

Haven't you heard... LONDON bridge is failing down. BFG ROFL!

Smiles from miles away!
SGB

"Heather" wrote in message
...
LOL!! You remind me of a past poster called Jan......female of course.
She has the same sort of wingy sense of humour that you do. (pausing to
muse on whether that is a good thing or not......8-))

And on checking your IP number, you are WAY closer to Heirloom than you
are to Mike, lol. In fact you are too damn close to a ranch in
Crawford. (G)

Heather (and what was that dream?? Maybe better I don't know, lol)

"SGB" wrote in message
...
WOW!
That was helpful, Mike.
Thank you very much for your input.

You're welcome SGB. To be honest, the old "REGSVR32 THUMBVW.DLL" is by now
quite a chestnut, often caused by installing a third party graphic
program/utility which tries to grab the attention away from WinMe. And, if
I'm not mistaken, was probably originally resolved way-back-when, by Mike
himself.

But good to know that you've hopefully resolved the issue(s) - well two of
them anyway g

BTW - Mike wrote :-

Perhaps I should have thrown it into the ring
regardless and thanks for covering my omission.

YW too, Mike.

Mart

snipped

In that case, if you don't have a Floppy and you cannot operate in Safe
mode, you may want to try and do the scan via a CLEAN BOOT mode. If you are
unfamiliar with CLEAN BOOT, please see the following website from Gary S
Terhune, an MVP specializing in Win 98 at the time he issued this
recommendation;
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm

While the above applies to Win 98, I believe you can attain the same in Win
Me, by selecting SELECTIVE STARTUP in MSCONFIG and then unchecking
STARTUP GROUP ITEMS
LOAD ENVIRONMENT

Once in Clean Boot mode, you may proceed and do whatever maintenance
required (scandisk and defrag) but please make sure you are not connected to
the Internet because your security features have been disabled.

Dan

"SGB" wrote in message
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Hi Dapper Dan -

Floppy drive is removed.

I don't dare install another software program on this system. As the folks
in here can tell you, this ol' computer cannot take much more. I am trying
to keep it running - with help from the great people in this newsgroup -
until next year when I buy a brand new computer.

I only want fix the existing problems.

Thanks so much for the reply.
SGB

"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
SGB
For you scandisk problems, why don't you try this;
Reboot with a Boot Floppy
Select option #2 or #3
at the A prompt type scandisk C: /surface (note the space after the
colon).

For defragging, I still recommend DISKEEPER LITE because it's free and
effective, however you can pay the $30 or so and get the full version
which
allows you to schedule operating it at your convenience.

Hope this helps.

"SGB" wrote in message
...
Oh Mart -

Thank you so very much for that solution. It was that simple to solve my
problem. All is good. The images can be viewed.
AND
Thank you for your -nonjudgmental - kindness.

Yeah, what gives here, anyway. H.


Gratefully,
SGB

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Mike/SGB - Re : Thumbnails.

Not really been following this (series of?) thread(s) so not too sure if
it's already been suggested - however, just wonder? :-

At Start Run type
REGSVR32 THUMBVW.DLL
press Enter.
(Note the space between 32 and TH)

OTOH :-
Just how can one person turn their system into such a disaster?

In which case then perhaps the above is not applicable bg

HTH

Mart



"Mike M" wrote in message
...
So not just My Documents but also its sub-folders.

ScanDisk and Defrag will not run at all in safe mode or normal mode

Just how can one person turn their system into such a disaster? Did
you
take a course in computer destruction? Enquiring minds need to know!
How
are you when it comes to using a microwave or washing machine? Did
you
even bother with a VCR? vbg
--
Mike Maltby



SGB wrote:

Mike Sweetie -

I am trying to explain the best I can.

I open my documents by clicking on the icon on my desktop. I click on
the folder My Pictures Click on a subfolder Click on View Click
on Thumbnail. All that appears are the icons for a .jpg. .jpeg or
.gif image. The actual image does not appear. I was referencing that
article to try to explain what was happening with my system. If I can
only registry tweak it for Win ME as they did Win 2000.

ScanDisk and Defrag will not run at all in safe mode or normal mode
even with CA Security on snooze. They do nothing at all. They get
hung up on the beginning of the program.