XP - turning off pic/folder preview?
 

I've got a computer running xp & when i open a folder containing a tgp...or an avs...it shows the files inside the folder as a preview on the folder, anyways...this is causing explorer to crash.

So i want to turn off all picture/folder previews, but i've got no clue as to how to do it.....

Can anyone help a brutha out?

XP is such a shit-pile :1orglaugh

Yeah man that sucks, anyway to fix that you should set at least one folder to display 'details', then you go to extra / folder settings, then display, and then there is this option to set the display of each folder to the current one.

how do i display details?....can't find that option by right-clicking

i hate that shit too,, slows the puter down

View and then hit details.

right click - view - icons

woops, hehe. that works too. :winkwink:

tools
folder options
apply to all folders
it never happen again

only works on one folder at a time, i want to enable it for the entire computer, for ever....

you da man :thumbsup

newb.

:smokin

ahhh, didn't catch that part. hehe, puremeds beat me to it. second time i lagged in this thread. :thumbsup

i keep mine on thumbnails. mostly.

uh huh...newbie since 85'

speaking of this.

do any of you have folders or directories thaTif loaded or click on it crashes the windows brose window?

SOMETIMES IN XP if i unzip a compressed folder if i click thwe folder it extracts it will lock up and close the windows folder window.

and i notice it mostyly does it when the files are in thumbnail view,...

anyway..

i always hesitate to joke with you, you take me so serious.

relax bro, im smoking 600$ an ounce kush right now.

heheh

I was 6 in 85

It amazes me how mnay litle issues liek this XP has. Yet I've never had any of these issues (knock on wood). In fact, folder/thumb preview doesn't slow me down at all. Guess maybe it's teh fact I have a real cpu and not an intel? heheh

dude i was joking too

i was like 5 years old in 85 :1orglaugh

i always keep mine on thumbs and haven't had any lock ups at all. :winkwink:

ps since other xp'ers are in here, how do i disable windows messenger? haha.

The only real issue I have with xp is office xp. If i go to open a file and if I click on a file and wait too long it shows a preview of the file in the open dialogue, and if i click another file and preview doesnt have enough time to update before I click ok the application shuts down and restarts. But that's more of an office xp issue.

i wanna know too

just get a firewall :) or uninstall from the add-remove windows components

oddly enough it doesn't show in my program list. i have a firewall, i am not concerned with that aspect - i just want the fucker to stop popping up everytime i run my email. :)

are your eferring to IM or the popup messenger? because teh popup messenger should never pop up while checking email...

it is Windows Messenger, an instant message proggie. it auto loads when i run Outlook. it puts itself in my toolbar and won't let me close it until i close Outlook, but it doesn't actually pop up onto my screen (just adds itself to my running programs toolbar).

ok heres how it done

start
run
gpedit.msc
click on computer configuration
click on admin. templates
click on windows components
click on messenger

enable those 2 options

rebbot to test

gpedit.msc file not found ;)

you must not have xp pro....

prolly wont work on home addition

yuppers, home edition. thanks a bunch for trying to help though. :thumbsup

i got the perfect answer...
i know what yoru talking about now, That pops up even withought it installed.. what you need is xpantispy to remove all traces of it from your system. Just search google with "downlaod xpantispy". If you cannot find it I can put it up on my server for you to grab.

exactly, i never even installed the bugger. i'm already obligated to yahoo/icq/mIRC.... the last thing i want is another monkey on my back hahaha.

is this it? http://download.computer.msn.de/comp...s_8613583.html

i searched but all the results are in nonenglish.

yes thats it, but ill give you the english version, hold on ill give you teh link to it ina few

Click HERE

thank you ever so much. muchas-grassyass. :tongue:

when you get that thumbnail previewer let me know, i'll hit you up for a partner account. :winkwink:

you need a previewer for windows? Irfanview is great I find for going through images. bit it lacks thumb preview, There is one ive used before tho that rocked called Image Walker It has thumbnail preview. It's pretty slick

I don't think a sound computer with 1+ghz computers and 512mb_+ ram should be having those issues. I don't have any performance problems or explorer crashes with any of that eye candy stuff on.

My only problem has been sometimes larger files take a while for you to delete without getting permission denied in use errors.

As far as the messenger thing I think you can uncheck it from the startup by typing msconfig in the run menu.

BUT I thought it was a required part to use outlook express and if you get rid of it, it wants you to reinstall. Could be wrong, I forgot, but I bet a google search would let you know pretty quick whats up.

yea, it's part of windows. i have it disabled already (never installed it to begin with), but it still pops up when i load outlook. i view this as spam, hahah. :ak47:

antispy should get rid of that for ya it did for me

tweaking now. thanks, i appreciate the zip. :thumbsup

can I get a submitter account if it works? heheh

heheh sure, we can swap submitters. :thumbsup

swap ya say? what you need?

hahaha, i need traffic to my clean galleries - cash soon follows. :thumbsup

I'd give you a submitter account on my tgp..... If I still had one that takes submissions...... it's nothing but chicken galleries and sponsor hosted galleries populting the page

hehehe, hence my earlier post about you getting a thumbnail previewer (i read your webmaster page). :Graucho

(previous post: when you get that thumbnail previewer let me know, i'll hit you up for a partner account)

Go to Start /Programs/ windows messenger/ tools/options/preferences... then uncheck : run this program when windows starts.

oh ok, i thought you meant if i find you a thumbnail viewer as in for your pc, youd give me a partner account at your tgp :p