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This is the correct code to be written in the htm.reg file:

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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]

@="{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3} "

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]

@="{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3} "

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You can save this as anything and anywhere. When saved in Notepad,
Double-click it, click OK (please accept anything from Microsoft
AntiSpyware etc.), and it will write to the Registry. Restart computer
and voila!

I am so glad this works that I just had to share this with you.

Ramesh, MS-MVP Wrote:
> Note: Remove "online." from my email id.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "tervino" tervino.1oj6dr@pcbanter.net wrote in message
> news:tervino.1oj6dr@pcbanter.net...-
>
> Hi Ramesh,
>
> I tried doing the instruction in your reply but we still don't get
> the
> preview for HTML in thumbnail. Just to verify whether we are doing
> the
> right thing as follow:
>
>
> Creat a file named as "c:\htm.reg" NOTE: we created the file name
> including the " and the "
>
> The file contain:
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shellex\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1=
> }]
> @=3D"{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}"
>
> and we saved it under ANSI format using Notepad with file name
> "c:\htm.reg"
>
> Under RUN, we type in htm.reg, the program return with a prompt:
> ---- Are you sure you want to ad the information in c:\htm.reg to the
> registry?
>
> We type YES, and the prompt return:
> Information in c:\htm.reg has been successfully entered into the
> registry.
>
> We restart our system but still do not get any thumbnail preview for
> html file. We get only the IE icon for all the html.
>
> We will appreciate you hlp on this problem. Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> Ramesh, MS-MVP Wrote:-
> Tervino,
>
> Subject: Thumbnail View HTML in Windows Explorer
> http://tinyurl.com/bo724
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "tervino" tervino.1nq0dp@pcbanter.net wrote in message
> news:tervino.1nq0dp@pcbanter.net...-
>
> Hi,
>
> In the window XP folder thumbnails view, I am able to see a small
> preview of all the files (jpeg, pcx... etc) except html document.
> The
> only thing I see is the classic IE icon.
>
> However, in some other XP machine, I do see a display of the
> miniature
> of a saved html document. This give you an idea what this html page
> is
> about rather than showing just an classic IE icon.
>
> Does any one know how to turn on the thumbnails view for html files
> in
> a folder? It helps especially when you have a lot of html doc saved
> in
> a folder and you need a quick preview of what this html doc is about.
>
>
>
>
> Rgds,
> Tervino
>
>
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> tervino--
>
>
> --
> tervino-


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