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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      @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 โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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      • EarthMoverE Offline
        EarthMover
        last edited by

        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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        Content Creator at Skapeup

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        • brodieB Offline
          brodie
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          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

            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 ๐Ÿ˜ก

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              Ecuadorian
              last edited by

              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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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

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

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

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                • EddyNLE Offline
                  EddyNL
                  last edited by

                  Hi guys,

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

                  Kind regards,
                  Ward

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                    ye136577267
                    last edited by

                    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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                    • K Offline
                      Khai
                      last edited by

                      I have a work around..just noticed it.

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

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                      • K Offline
                        kevsterman
                        last edited by

                        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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                        • K Offline
                          kevsterman
                          last edited by

                          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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                          • B Offline
                            bing
                            last edited by

                            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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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

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

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                              • J Offline
                                j40
                                last edited by

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

                                Top3D Studio

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                                • olisheaO Offline
                                  olishea
                                  last edited by

                                  is this possible with mac? dont get previews ๐Ÿ˜ž

                                  oli

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                                  • S Offline
                                    setesur1
                                    last edited by

                                    Hello to all

                                    Do you have this triedly?

                                    Link Preview Image
                                    MysticThumbs - Image thumbnails for Windows Explorer.

                                    MysticThumbs 32 and 64 bit Windows Explorer thumbnail generator for PSD, TGA, DDS, RAW camera and other images, color management, XMP extraction, Fully configurable options via control panel, Unicode support, multicore optimized, x86 and x64 support.

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                                    (mysticcoder.net)

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

                                    A greeting. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      @setesur1 said:

                                      Hello to all

                                      Do you have this triedly?

                                      Link Preview Image
                                      MysticThumbs - Image thumbnails for Windows Explorer.

                                      MysticThumbs 32 and 64 bit Windows Explorer thumbnail generator for PSD, TGA, DDS, RAW camera and other images, color management, XMP extraction, Fully configurable options via control panel, Unicode support, multicore optimized, x86 and x64 support.

                                      favicon

                                      (mysticcoder.net)

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

                                      A greeting. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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

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                                      • GaieusG Offline
                                        Gaieus
                                        last edited by

                                        @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.

                                        ๐Ÿ‘

                                        Gai...

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                                        • brodieB Offline
                                          brodie
                                          last edited by

                                          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 ๐Ÿ˜„

                                          -Brodie

                                          steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            Yea - he is very responsive to requests.

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

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