Previewing images in windows 98 2

[computerguy]

Hey everyone,
When viewing a folder as a web page, i can no longer click on a JPG or GIF and have the image preview in the left column. I can preview BMPs and HTM but not JPG or GIF. It just stopped working and I haven't been able to get it back. I've tried removing the file association and then re-establishing it but it didn't work. Any ideas?

 

[RickSpr]

Warning: This is a registry fix. Prudence dictates backing up your registry.

Open Notepad/WordPad and copy the following into it:
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REGEDIT4

;; When Explorer stops displaying thumbnails for JPEG and GIF images, this will fix the problem.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{3F30C968-480A-4C6C-862D-EFC0897BB84B}"
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Save the file as "ThumbFix.reg", then double-click on its icon. That should fix the problem. It happens to me occasionally, but I've never figured out why.

 

[computerguy]

Tried it and it worked! Still can't preview gif files but i can view jpg files which is mainly what i wanted. Not to concerned about the gifs not working. I have a gif animation program registered to open gif files, this may have something to do with it. Thanks RickSpr.