video file icons don't show up like they did on old PC

**jessman** · 03-20-2009, 02:28 PM

My New PC is running Win Vista home premium 64 bit, and my other one was running home Premium 32 bit.

On my other PC, whenever I would Download a video file, instead of the icon where it is a piece of paper with balloons on it with the words "AVI", it would have a screencap from that particular video file as the icon.

Well, my new PC I cannot figure out how to do that with. All my files I brought over are all that lame paper icon with balloon, and "AVI" on them, and not screencaps like they used to be.

Someone told me to check or uncheck the box under advanced performance settings that said "Show Thumbnail instead of icon"

But that didn't do anything. ANyone got any suggestions?

**jessman** · 03-20-2009, 10:03 PM

bump.

**jessman** · 03-21-2009, 04:29 PM

anyone?

moviemania · 03-22-2009, 07:17 AM

Not sure this is the ultimate solution but add the video files to the windows media player library and the pictures will appear. You can monitor folders so that video files are added to the library automaticaly.

**jessman** · 03-22-2009, 07:38 PM

I ended up getting it to work. Had to download K lite codec bpack 64 bit version

03-20-2009, 02:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
jessman TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 501 OS: Vista 32 bit	video file icons don't show up like they did on old PC My New PC is running Win Vista home premium 64 bit, and my other one was running home Premium 32 bit. On my other PC, whenever I would Download a video file, instead of the icon where it is a piece of paper with balloons on it with the words "AVI", it would have a screencap from that particular video file as the icon. Well, my new PC I cannot figure out how to do that with. All my files I brought over are all that lame paper icon with balloon, and "AVI" on them, and not screencaps like they used to be. Someone told me to check or uncheck the box under advanced performance settings that said "Show Thumbnail instead of icon" But that didn't do anything. ANyone got any suggestions?

03-20-2009, 10:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
jessman TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 501 OS: Vista 32 bit	Re: video file icons don't show up like they did on old PC bump.

03-21-2009, 04:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
jessman TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 501 OS: Vista 32 bit	Re: video file icons don't show up like they did on old PC anyone?

03-22-2009, 07:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
moviemania Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 44 OS: Vista	Re: video file icons don't show up like they did on old PC Not sure this is the ultimate solution but add the video files to the windows media player library and the pictures will appear. You can monitor folders so that video files are added to the library automaticaly.

03-22-2009, 07:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
jessman TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 501 OS: Vista 32 bit	Re: video file icons don't show up like they did on old PC I ended up getting it to work. Had to download K lite codec bpack 64 bit version