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    • thomthomT
      thomthom
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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.

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

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        masrulpilami
        last edited by

        ou..
        so what must i do then? it's so hard for me to choosin component from component windows on sketchup...:/
        do u have some suggestions for me? or i must change to 32 for now...?

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        • thomthomT
          thomthom
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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?

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

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          • AnssiA
            Anssi
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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

            securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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              bmunsell
              last edited by

              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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              • brodieB
                brodie
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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

                steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                  nicolerouillard
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                  Hey,

                  This is all very interesting. Having trouble navigating to system32. This is the screen I get:


                  printscreen.jpg

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                  • AnssiA
                    Anssi
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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.dll

                    Note that this doesn't work if you have a 64-bit operating system.

                    Anssi

                    securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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                      SpookyChick1013
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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.dll

                      Thank 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

                      https://kuromatsudriveyards.com

                      Fo-su to tomo ni aran koto o...

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                      • vyctortumbuanV
                        vyctortumbuan
                        last edited by

                        Hello...people.

                        what should i do to fix this?? i was try to follow on the top solution,but im still having a problem.


                        capture-20130610-025541.png

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                        • thomthomT
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          Doesn't work on 64bit systems.
                          http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=13097&view=unread#p218683

                          You can use a third party utility such as MagicThumbs to get thumbnails for 64bit systems + huge number of other formats.

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

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                          • vyctortumbuanV
                            vyctortumbuan
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                            Thanks Thom.

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