topic Re: preview on Windows Explorer in Installation & update

preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:59:08 GMT

Hi.
I've install Windows 7-64, and, after the installation of ArchiCAD 12, there are no previews of the objects in Windows Explorer. So I go to the folder Graphisoft Shell Extension and execute the 'register.bat', right?
But it doesn't work... what can I do now?

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

vistasp — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:50:12 GMT

Cristina, are you by any chance getting a quicktime (or some other graphics viewer) icon instead of the preview? It could be that the file association for gsm is incorrect. Have a look at this thread.

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=1177

HTH

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:08:28 GMT

No, HTH.
The icon I see is that of AC 12...
And I've verified the association; gsm files are associated with ArchiCAD (ArchiCAD 12... component).

Any other ideas for me?

Thanks.
Cristina

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:16:29 GMT

Could be a problem of Windows 7?

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:27:21 GMT

One thing is for sure: Windows 7 was not on the market when ArchiCAD 12 was released so such problems are indeed possible.

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:15:14 GMT

Well, there will be a bug fix?....
I have a huge library (very huge!...) Couldn't see the previews is really a problem, for me.

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

vistasp — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:56:05 GMT

Cristina wrote:
No, HTH.
The icon I see is that of AC 12...

HTH = "hope this helps". I'm just Vistasp. 😉

Cristina, it is useful to put your platform (eg. Windows7 + basic machine specs) and your ArchiCad version in the signature - it can often make a difference to the replies you get.

Regards,

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:56:47 GMT

Cristina wrote:
Well, there will be a bug fix?....
I have a huge library (very huge!...) Couldn't see the previews is really a problem, for me.

That is a very good question.
I don't know how big of a task is to take a version and then test the whole thing on a new operating system.

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:49:27 GMT

So, I have to wait... and hope for the best!

Vistasp: sorry... It's not my birth language...

ArchiCAD 12 r2675
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 2.1Ghz
2 GB Ram
Windows 7 Ultimate

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

vistasp — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:33:49 GMT

Cristina wrote:
So, I have to wait... and hope for the best!

Vistasp: sorry... It's not my birth language...

ArchiCAD 12 r2675
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 2.1Ghz
2 GB Ram
Windows 7 Ultimate

We all have problems with abbreviations some time or the other - especially if we've crossed our teens... Let's hope someone who has used Win7 has a solution for you.

To put your platform & AC version into your signature, click on the profile link at the top of the page and modify the signature block.

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

vistasp — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:36:37 GMT

Lazlo, why does the word "t e e n" get censored? "Teens" does not, as you can see in the post above.

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:38:45 GMT

Thanks for the help, anyway.

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:29:02 GMT

I have the same issue with Mac OS X.6. Apparently some image formats aren't compatible w/ 64 bit OS's. You may have to convert them.

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:45:13 GMT

How? Better yet: to what?

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:58:23 GMT

For me the offending files were PICT and mostly 8bit jpegs. I usedGraphic Converter and converted them to png. I don't know the windows equivalent but anything like photo shop will do. I used Graph. Conv. because it does batching easier than the version of PS I have.

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:23:46 GMT

Jeffrey, are we talking about the same?
Because I've lost the previews of the *.gsm, *.dor, etc., objects in Windows Explorer - I've never used Mac, so I don't know what is equivalent...

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:16:36 GMT

If I understand you correctly when you're in the library browser or the file explorer you simply see a generic object (chair) icon instead of an image of the object? That is the same as what I see. In the library browser it doesn't even acknowledge the existence of an associated image. The majority of these were PICT files. The others just show a generic jpg icon and not an image.

Now that I think about it the only images that were batch converted were those used by the object and not their "icons" those have to be done individually by opening the library part and placing a new preview image.

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:54:31 GMT

vistasp wrote:
Lazlo, why does the word "t e e n" get censored? "Teens" does not, as you can see in the post above.

Because this word very often occurs together with other words that are subject to banning. I cannot give you examples though.

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

vistasp — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:05:38 GMT

Ah! A pre-emptive strike!

Re: preview on Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:41:52 GMT

Jeffrey, you said:

If I understand you correctly when you're in the library browser or the file explorer you simply see a generic object (chair) icon instead of an image of the object?

.

That's not exactly my problem. In the library browser I see the images correctly. But in Windows Explorer (maybe what you call file explorer?), I see the icon of AC 12.

I have tons of objects - almost 4GB -, in a 'extra library', And when I look for something without a preview... it's a little bit difficult!

Look: