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    thomthom
    last edited by 21 Sept 2009, 15:23

    @borgman said:

    I have tried the Seperate command with Windows 7, but alas, it doesn't work. Has anyone come up with a solution for this rather annoying problem already?

    Nope. They changed something between the Beta and the RC so explorer.exe always spawn the 64bit version.

    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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      EarthMover
      last edited by 21 Sept 2009, 22:01

      Great trick Thomas! Thanks!! I'll just use the shortcut to search through components. At least I'll have a back button that way.

      3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
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        brodie
        last edited by 5 Oct 2009, 16:44

        Great find! Thom's shortcut method is working great for me on Vista 64.

        -Brodie

        steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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          BorgMan
          last edited by 31 Oct 2009, 13:05

          I'm going to bump this topic because I'm really curious as to whether this problem has been solved in the released versions of Windows 7. Hey Google, are you watching this? We want our preview back 😑

          More varied than the Borg, more powerful than the living dead, and better shots than Imperial Stormtroopers.

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            Ecuadorian
            last edited by 10 Nov 2009, 03:06

            Another bump from me. I'm in Windows 7 Pro 64-bit.

            I know the GSU team is working hard in V8, so I hope they add the much needed 64-bit shell extension for Windows Explorer.

            -Miguel Lescano
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              thomthom
              last edited by 10 Nov 2009, 07:39

              No - You can't run the 32bit explorer.exe in the final W7 either.

              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                EddyNL
                last edited by 3 Dec 2009, 20:20

                Hi guys,

                I'm using Win 7 64 bit and my previews are also lost.
                Is there a workaround / solution?

                Kind regards,
                Ward

                viewtopic.php?f=271&t=11903 Modelling my city for Google Earth!

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                  ye136577267
                  last edited by 2 Jan 2010, 06:54

                  I'm going to bump this topic because I'm really curious as to whether this problem has been solved in the released versions of Windows 7. Hey Google, are you watching this? We want our preview back

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                    Khai
                    last edited by 26 Jan 2010, 13:58

                    I have a work around..just noticed it.

                    I have Skp previews in FreeCommander....running on Win7 64...

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                      kevsterman
                      last edited by 5 Mar 2010, 20:38

                      Thanks for bumping this guys. I saw Thom's suggestion of creating a shortcut to explorer on the desktop and it works a treat. Finally I have preview thumbnails of all my SU models and components. Hurrah!

                      "Avoid keeping more than 3 items on your desk that you can't fit into your mouth."

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                        kevsterman
                        last edited by 26 Mar 2010, 12:45

                        Hmm.. I shouldn't have got so happy so soon. Whilst using Thom's desktop shortcut does enable me to view SU thumbnails, I'm finding Explorer constantly crashes. I was trying to sort out all my components into new folders but had to give up because it would crash every time I tried to do anything. Is there a fix for this?

                        "Avoid keeping more than 3 items on your desk that you can't fit into your mouth."

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                          bing
                          last edited by 8 May 2010, 06:16

                          what i'm doing is that when i want to view some of the su file i open a new sketchup window and i click open, when the whindow pop up i click the view menu to a large icon that's it you will see your su file with preview ...
                          @unknownuser said:

                          very handy thanx, my pc at work just started doing that the other day

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                            thomthom
                            last edited by 8 May 2010, 08:07

                            FYO, I came across an app that does .skp thumbnails and .skm thumbnails on both 32 and 64bit systems.
                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=27784&p=241632
                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=27753&p=243280

                            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              j40
                              last edited by 8 May 2010, 11:00

                              Finally! and it works!
                              Thank you Thom so much for pushing it.

                              Top3D Studio

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                                olishea
                                last edited by 12 May 2010, 13:32

                                is this possible with mac? dont get previews 😞

                                oli

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                                  setesur1
                                  last edited by 22 Sept 2010, 22:14

                                  Hello to all

                                  Do you have this triedly?

                                  Link Preview Image
                                  MysticThumbs - Image thumbnails for Windows Explorer.

                                  favicon

                                  (mysticcoder.net)

                                  Discharge
                                  (Direct download links removed. Out of date.)

                                  A greeting. πŸ˜‰

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                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by 23 Sept 2010, 06:20

                                    @setesur1 said:

                                    Hello to all

                                    Do you have this triedly?

                                    Link Preview Image
                                    MysticThumbs - Image thumbnails for Windows Explorer.

                                    favicon

                                    (mysticcoder.net)

                                    Discharge
                                    (Direct download links removed. Out of date.)

                                    A greeting. πŸ˜‰

                                    Yes - It's great, .skp and skm - I personally requested it.
                                    Well worth the money.

                                    I removed the direct links to the downloads. They where out of date. He's got regular updates, so it's best to just link to his site. Also, it's good manners not to hotlink other sites resources + it's Donationware so I'm sure he'd like people who download to actually read about the product and see the donation button.

                                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by 23 Sept 2010, 10:42

                                      @thomthom said:

                                      I removed the direct links to the downloads. They where out of date. He's got regular updates, so it's best to just link to his site. Also, it's good manners not to hotlink other sites resources + it's Donationware so I'm sure he'd like people who download to actually read about the product and see the donation button.

                                      πŸ‘

                                      Gai...

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                                        brodie
                                        last edited by 24 Sept 2010, 03:23

                                        mystic thumbs is well worth the $15 or whatever it's going for. I did the trial awhile back and loved it. Finally got around to buying it recently and it's wonderful. The only thing that surprised me was that it doesn't work with .hdr's, but I emailed the owner and he said that it'll be coming very soon πŸ˜„

                                        -Brodie

                                        steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by 24 Sept 2010, 06:12

                                          Yea - he is very responsive to requests.

                                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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