Knowledge:Thumbnails Are Not Working In Windows Explorer

Description

When opening Windows Explorer some or all of Optitex files are not showing image preview of content (thumbnails) , this can apply to .PDS, .MRK, .CLT, .MOD.

Note that multiple Aladdin network keys cannot be used on a same computer, even if they are for different applications or modules. 
They must be attached to different computers with separate License Managers running.

Solution

Reset the engine that display the Thumbnails, to do that re-register c:\Program Files\OptiTex 10\App\ThumbShellExt.dll file. to register this file, open Run window , (Start>>Run) and type :

regsvr32 "c:\Program Files\OptiTex 10\App\ThumbShellExt.dll"

Windows Vista 

On Windows Vista machine, you will be required to disable the User Acocount Control (UAC) before running this command , click here for instructions.

Keywords

thumbnails