Replace SW File icon with a thumbnail

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For some time now, the thumbnail that appeared in the SW file icons has disappeared and is replaced by the SW logo (red die with S W in white).

The thumbnail option in Option is checked..... And I find it quite annoying to open each file to find the right one...

Thank you for your help.
 

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Restart your PC.

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Have you installed a new version of SW?

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Hello, a forum that talks about it with several solutions (including a .bat file to launch):

https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/59283

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@.pl according to your link the bat does not work and orient more on an eDrawing problem which will modify the display of icons in the explorer

edit: after reading the bat file (right click edit) you have to indicate the location of the file sldwinshellextu.dll by modifying the access path with the notepad.

On windows do a search for the location of the offending file "sldwinshellextu.dll" copy its link (at home it is: C:\Program Files\Common Files\SolidWorks Shared) 

and then execute it

 


setting_solidworks_thumbnails.bat
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I found the file.... I even have 2  of them in a SolidWorks Shared folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files. the sizes of the 2 files are different (163KB and 205KB)

I'm not very good at computers....

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There is one in x86 program c i.e. compatible 32 bit

This is the case when you have a pro version of seven. take the one that's in programe file not in programe file x86

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Under windows 7, I solved this PB by unchecking "always show icons, never thumbnails".

 

if it helps.

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Thank you Mathieu, This is one of the first things I tried without success.

 

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As nothing works, I will uninstall SW 2014 to reinstall it; it won't be worse