The 2009 thumbnail issue has irked me to no end so I came upwith my own fixed based on some suggestions here. Attached, youwill find a zip file containing several files. Two batch files, onefor applying the fix, the other for setting it back and the thirdfile is the 2008 winshell dll file that controls thumbnails.
The idea is to replace the 2009 winshell dll with the 2008 version.
The first file "Fix Thumbnails and Icons.bat" will have to beedited for your use as its designed to copy from our server andplace the files in the SolidWorks program files which might bedifferent than yours. The locations ae easy to change however asthey are varaibles. This batch does several things:
Unregisters the 09 winshell dll
Renames the dll file as a backup
Copies the 08 copy to the 2009 install folder
Registers the 08 dll
Changes the SolidWorks setting to turn off thumbnails
Deletes the "Iconhandler" registry entiries
The other batch "Set back to 2009 sldwinshell.bat" simplyunregisters the dll, deletes it, then renames the 09 backup copyback and registers it.
Note:
The "iconhandler" registry entries is an issue even with 2008 andearlier. I'm not sure when they introduced it but all it does isdisplay a different icon for Drawings versus Detached drawings.Since the file extension is the same, something is checking insidethe file to tell the difference and thus its slow display the icon,especially in folders with larger numbers of files (thousands). Ithink this is the source of lot of "Explorer" hang ups.Be warned that the batch file deletes these entries....only areinstall or SP update will bring it back....I've never had aproblem with it though.
SolidworksAdministration
The idea is to replace the 2009 winshell dll with the 2008 version.
The first file "Fix Thumbnails and Icons.bat" will have to beedited for your use as its designed to copy from our server andplace the files in the SolidWorks program files which might bedifferent than yours. The locations ae easy to change however asthey are varaibles. This batch does several things:
Unregisters the 09 winshell dll
Renames the dll file as a backup
Copies the 08 copy to the 2009 install folder
Registers the 08 dll
Changes the SolidWorks setting to turn off thumbnails
Deletes the "Iconhandler" registry entiries
The other batch "Set back to 2009 sldwinshell.bat" simplyunregisters the dll, deletes it, then renames the 09 backup copyback and registers it.
Note:
The "iconhandler" registry entries is an issue even with 2008 andearlier. I'm not sure when they introduced it but all it does isdisplay a different icon for Drawings versus Detached drawings.Since the file extension is the same, something is checking insidethe file to tell the difference and thus its slow display the icon,especially in folders with larger numbers of files (thousands). Ithink this is the source of lot of "Explorer" hang ups.Be warned that the batch file deletes these entries....only areinstall or SP update will bring it back....I've never had aproblem with it though.
SolidworksAdministration
