SketchUp Thumbnails not showing up?
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Oh man... Damn- You know, as I remember I ran CCleaner, well you know why I ran CCleaner?... Because I had just UNINSTALLED SU5! I was thinking to myself... self, you haven't used SU5 in a year or so, why don't you just go ahead and free up some of that disk space...
Going to try the fix that was posted by the google tech guy on page two- I'll let you guys know if it works... I saw someone else had the same issue as me and posted just a bit ago.
We've been investigating the issue and have been offered a fix that may help. Kindly refer to the following steps:
- Click "Start" > "Run."
- Type "cmd" in the Open box and click "OK."
- Navigate to the SketchUp directory, which is typically located at C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\
- Type "regsvr32 thumbsup.dll" without quotes and hit Enter.
Regards,
Tommy
and no- This didn't work... When you go to th cmd, which opens the windows\systems32\cmd.exe dialog box... How are you supposed to "navigate" got the SketchUp directory from there? And typing in "regsvr32 thumbsup.dll" I get "LoadLibrary("thumbsup.dll") failed- The specified module could not be found."
hmmm... I'm stumped and now I have to go measure a house- fun fun.
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@gistman said:
How are you supposed to "navigate" [to] the SketchUp directory from there?
gistman,
Once in the 'Command Prompt' box, type...
cd C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6
...and hit <Enter>
That will switch you to the correct folder. Keep reading in that discussion I posted. The above method didn't work for some other users, either. The order of install/uninstall for SketchUp 5 and 6 is critical, and is apparently the solution.
Taff
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TaffGoch- THANK YOU... IT WORKED! You know I tried typing that- and copy pasting it etc etc and it still didn't work- You have to include everything between the arrows
-->cd C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6<--
... and you can't 'ctrl v' either you have to right click and past at the control prompt... not sure what the "cd" part had to do with it but it worked- I NOW HAVE SU THUMBNAILS!
Thank you again.
(in the screen cap- I hit enter twice, that's why in at the prompt it's there two or three times- guess I got a little impatient)
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gistman,
For future reference, "cd" means "change directory" and is an old DOS command.
Taff
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@gistman said:
- Click "Start" > "Run."
- Type "cmd" in the Open box and click "OK."
- Navigate to the SketchUp directory, which is typically located at C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\
- Type "regsvr32 thumbsup.dll" without quotes and hit Enter.
Thank you very much! I was on same problem and solve it with your explain.
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mmmh....excuse me....hehe but it doesnt work in my sketchup 7 in my windows 7 64 bit...someone please help me...
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@masrulpilami said:
mmmh....excuse me....hehe but it doesnt work in my sketchup 7 in my windows 7 64 bit...someone please help me...
It won't work on any 64bit systems. The Explorer Shell extension for .skp thumbnails is 32bit only.
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ou..
so what must i do then? it's so hard for me to choosin component from component windows on sketchup...:/
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When you use the Open file dialog in SU you will be able to see thumbnails as SU is a 32bit app. Ok workaround - instead of using the Explorer to locate the files?
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XNView is a free image browser software that could display previews for SU files even before SU had the feature itself. Mine is old and it wouldn't do it for recent SU files, but there seems to be a newer one. Has anyone tried it with a 64-bit OS?
Anssi
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Hey thanks, it worked for me also except I had to change to sketchup 8 folder. By the way the "cd" stands for change directory and comes from the old dos commands
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@anssi said:
XNView is a free image browser software that could display previews for SU files even before SU had the feature itself. Mine is old and it wouldn't do it for recent SU files, but there seems to be a newer one. Has anyone tried it with a 64-bit OS?
Anssi
The latest Xnview does show thumbnails (I'm on Win7). There's also mysticthumbs http://mysticcoder.net/mysticthumbs.html small fee but it works in explorer which is really handy.
-brodie
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Hey,
This is all very interesting. Having trouble navigating to system32. This is the screen I get:
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@nicolerouillard said:
Hey,
This is all very interesting. Having trouble navigating to system32. This is the screen I get:
You are not giving the system any commands. Typing directory names is not enough - as the error message you get shows.
So you should type, followed by Enter (not the explanations I italicized)
cd\ (this navigates to the root directory of the current drive)
cd "c:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 8" (this navigates to the SU application folder, the quotes are compulsory here)
regsvr32 thumbsup.dllNote that this doesn't work if you have a 64-bit operating system.
Anssi
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@unknownuser said:
You are not giving the system any commands. Typing directory names is not enough - as the error message you get shows.
So you should type, followed by Enter (not the explanations I italicized)
cd\ (this navigates to the root directory of the current drive)
cd "c:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 8" (this navigates to the SU application folder, the quotes are compulsory here)
regsvr32 thumbsup.dllThank you SO much Anssi! I haven't used dos commands in so many years I had forgotten critical little points like those you mentioned, and was struggling with implementing that fix, until I read your post. Now, I will have my thumbnails back, thank the Force!
Cathryn
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Hello...people.
what should i do to fix this?? i was try to follow on the top solution,but im still having a problem.
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Doesn't work on 64bit systems.
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=13097&view=unread#p218683You can use a third party utility such as MagicThumbs to get thumbnails for 64bit systems + huge number of other formats.
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Thanks Thom.
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