Comments on: WinXP .mov thumbnails

By: Richi near Frankfurt/M.

Richi near Frankfurt/M. — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:32:52 +0000

Thanks Dude, that solved my sorrows. Windows sucks in that way, your tip works great! First time i used those kinda codes, I feel like a real Computer-Nerd ;-)))

By: Christy

Christy — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:47:03 +0000

was skeptical at first... Windows XP SP3 works like a charm...

By: Stefan

Stefan — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:01:40 +0000

I had to uninstall (unregister) it again, because my explorer was crashing when i got into folders with .mov files. First it was working but since 2011 I got problems. I dont know exactly why, but i think there a certain types of .mov files, that it can't handle... =( Would be nice if the bug could be fixed, or at least if the explorer didnt crash (no matter if there is no thumbnail)... greets

By: Kevin from Germany

Kevin from Germany — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:13:04 +0000

Dude!!!! :D the shiat! I´m so greatfull for your help! :-) it actually worked out ;D

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:20:35 +0000

Thank you so much, this has been a major irritation since I got an IPhone

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:23:17 +0000

Fantastic, cheers for this!

By: Filip

Filip — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:38:15 +0000

THANKS A LOT!!!!!

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:59:24 +0000

Dave you're awesome. Over three years later your solution still works as a charm. It took a minute or two to go through the entire process. No issues. Thanks.

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:19:47 +0000

Mike,I agree with you. I also was searching the web for a solution. Installed numerous programs and
codec's. (k-lite codec pack etc) but nothing worked for me.
This DLL did the job for me. Don't know why.

But to play save it's better to install a MOV codec and add that registrycode of your's
Only be carefull when you edit your registry, you could end up in the same crash...
Not for you, but for some people who are not known to a registry editor.
But I added it into my fix list for my next xp install, so thanx.

Defenitily not sceptical of your capabillities, thumps up !! Apologizes on my side ;-)

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:32:40 +0000

I am skeptical only because it certainly doesn't always work (read those reports in every forum that discusses this dll) and crashing Explorer is a very serious potential side-effect, but in hindsight I agree with you that I should not have used that word in the context I did, as it infers the (whole) truth was not told, I apologize. What I'm inclined to believe is that for those users in which this dll does work there is some additional file(s) present which allow this to work for them, otherwise how could this work for some, and absolutely crash Explorer for others? You see, it didn't just crash Explorer once (while being implemented), but will not allow Explorer to run until the dll is unregistered. For some users this would be considered catastrophic. I too, have tried this dll on several 32bit XP SP2 and SP3 machines, although always unsuccessfully, and always with the crash. What I would like to see is a complete and reliable solution to this issue. If Quicktime or another MOV codec is installed this registry entry can work: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mov\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}] @="{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}" This registry entry does not, and can not, cause Windows Explorer to crash, so is ultimately more secure(reliable) than the dll, but again, an appropriately installed codec is required. I accidentally came back to this page today because of my ongoing search for a reliable solution. I'm glad I did, because the more people discuss this issue, the more likely a 100% reliable solution (if there is such a thing) will be found. I think Mike B, the author of this dll, should have gone a bit farther than "...your results may vary" in his warning.