Hi all.

Is there a way to view psd files as a thumbnail in Vista and Windows 7 Explorer?

The psicon.dll does not work for me on either system.

Any help would be appreciated.

I think you need Photoshop with bridge to view .PSD thumbnails.

If you havent got Photoshop I think ( not 100%  sure ) that you can get some freeware programme that will allow you to view .PSD files.

Or try an Explorer replacement such as Directory Opus.

Steve

are 32bit or 64?

retrocity

it seem as MS has changed things around with win7 and even Vista and support for the DLL was drop because of conflicts with Windows...

 

if you're running 32bit you can try this possible solution (View thumbnails images for PS in WIN)

 

The real solution lays in the proper PSD codecs.  According to Adobe, "This is how Microsoft envisioned extensibility to 3rd party image formats for Vista, with metadata integration with Windows Search and full-size viewing and slideshows in all built-in image viewers, support which was also extended to Media Center in Windows 7... "

You can try a couple 3rd party codec (but they cost...)

FastPictureViewer Codec Pack (which provides good support for layered files saved without the Maximum Compatibility option).

OR

http://www.ardfry.com/psd-codec/

hope this helps
:)
retrocity

Thank you all for your suggestions. I awill try them and see which works best.

By the way, Windows7 is 64bit, Vista is 32bit.

You can do this with FreeFileViewer. You still have to open them in this tiny programme.

http://www.freefileviewer.com/?src=ffv&v=20100924

I use it myself on a Win 7 64 bit system.

Quote - Thank you all for your suggestions. ...

By the way, Windows7 is 64bit, Vista is 32bit.

 

me's, i'm a "Snow Leopard" myself (kinda' fell off the WIN wagon)

 

hope things worked out for yo,

scott