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Hi Guys- on my XP32 system I could see thumbnails of my hdri's but now since XP64 I can't see preview thumbnails anymore. Have any of you encountered the same issue and if so how did you get windows to see previews again.
Thanks!

Where - in Explorer, in a file-browser dialog, or? The 1.8.3 Rhino plugin has a user-preference for its custom file-browser: Options > User Interface > Use Custom File Dialog. If that's disabled, then there won't be any preview pane in the dialog.

Hi JD- do you ever sleep .... thanks for getting back to me so quickly.

I think that the problem lies with Explorer. I used to be able to see them when opening a normal window, but I can't see them in Rhino either- I assume that the problem lies with Windows and that once I have the 64 bit viewer/driver than I would be able to see previews in Rhino again- but that is just a theory.

I figured that I would check out the Custom File Dialog but I am not seeing User Interface beneath the Options tab in Rhino.

Are you looking in the Scene Manager's Options page? User Interface is the first group in that window, and this option is 7th down in the list. As far as showing these things in Explorer, that is not a native capability of Windows, so you must've installed a shell extension from someone or other in your old OS. I think the RDK might install one that does this, otherwise there are a few other apps like PhotoShop that might.

Hi JD- no I wasn't looking in the Scene Manager- got it now and that did the trick- I can now see my hdri's in a preview window again. THANKS!!!!!
Cary