12 Replies Latest reply on Apr 11, 2008 11:17 AM by Wim Van Der Velden

File, open, thumbnail graphics

Mark Kaiser Feb 20, 2008 2:39 PM

Those little thumbnail graphics that come up when you go to your file, open, menu, and move your mouse over the list of recently opened documents. Is it possible to shut the thumbnail graphics off? I believe my computer is hanging on the thumbnails.

File, open, thumbnail graphics

Troy Peterson Feb 20, 2008 3:00 PM (in response to Mark Kaiser)

System options, about 8 check boxes down "Show thumbnail graphics in windows" uncheck
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  Mark Kaiser Feb 20, 2008 3:58 PM (in response to Troy Peterson)
  
  Are you talking of the 'show thumbnail graphics in windows explorer'? This isn't what I'm reffering to. The thumbnails in SW when you go to your file, open, menu for recently browsed documents.
  
  I do have the checkbox you mentioned unchecked.
  
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    Wayne Tiffany Feb 20, 2008 4:11 PM (in response to Mark Kaiser)
    
    I don't have a direct answer, but I presume you are talking about SW2008, and you are talking about the popups when you go to the File menu and hover over the recently used list at the bottom, not the File/Open dialog box.
    
    To test something, try using the new "R" hotkey to bring up the Recent Documents box and pick from there. See if that changes anything in how the machines behaves.
    
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      Mark Kaiser Feb 20, 2008 6:11 PM (in response to Wayne Tiffany)
      
      Wayne,
      
      Yes, I was talking about 2008, sorry, forgot to mention that. I'll try your suggestion and see if it works.
      
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Mark Kaiser Feb 22, 2008 11:52 AM (in response to Mark Kaiser)

The only problem with the hotkey to bring up the recent documents box, is that it isn't available when you first open SW. This is when my problem was occuring. It could be I'm just not patient enough when I first turn on my computer and SW, that my computer is still booting when I start SW, and that it just has a hard time displaying those thumbnail graphics, which is why I would like to shut them off. Less fluff, more work please.
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Kelvin Lamport Feb 22, 2008 12:08 PM (in response to Mark Kaiser)

The 'R' shortcut is available immediately when I open SW2008.

Sounds like you have something else running in the background or you are just not allowing enough time for the OS to fully boot.
Are other programs doing an auto-update?

So far I have found SP3 has been much snappier on my machine. The Design Library folders used to take about 7 seconds to open; now they open instantly. The HW used to take about 30 seconds, now it's about 5.
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  Mike Puckett Feb 24, 2008 7:37 PM (in response to Kelvin Lamport)
  
  You may want to check that "R" isn't set to a different function in your hot key list. The "R" is available to me as soon as I start Solidworks. I use it every time to open documents.
  
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    Mark Kaiser Feb 27, 2008 1:01 PM (in response to Mike Puckett)
    
    I think I just wasn't being patient enough and not letting my OS boot up completely. I still can't get the shortcut for browse documents to work when I first start SW, even after waiting for a few minutes. After I open a part, drawing, etc, and close all documents, the shortcut will work without any documents open, but not at initial SW start up. Thanks for your suggestions.
    
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      Alan Stoldt Apr 2, 2008 5:47 PM (in response to Mark Kaiser)
      
      I have a bit of a different issue with this feature. When I hover over some items, the preview balloon show up to the right hand side, other times it goes left and obscures the list I am trying to hover over...
      
      If there is a way to disable this function, I would like to know it.
      
      Thank you.
      
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Brandon Werdel Apr 4, 2008 3:09 PM (in response to Mark Kaiser)

In the File > Open dialog box, there is a checkbox in the upper right corner that says "Thumbnail." Unchecking this will turn off the display of thumbnail graphics in the right side of the dialog box, but not in the Explorer browser.
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  Mark Kaiser Apr 4, 2008 4:26 PM (in response to Brandon Werdel)
  
  Brandon,
  
  I meant the pull down file menu, not the dialog box. It'd still be nice to be given the option to shut the thumbnail graphics off in the file pull down menu also. Give the user an option!
  
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    Wim Van Der Velden Apr 11, 2008 11:17 AM (in response to Mark Kaiser)
    
    Mark,
    
    Do you have Nero Software installed?
    
    I found the following in another thread:
    
    Tony Parker wrote:
    
    I just built a new system and had SolidWorks do the same thing on 1st Startup/Reboot. Found out (through another forum) the Nero Software that was included with my DVD Burner put an executable into the boot sequence that caused SolidWorks to hang. Once I turned it off in MSCONFIG, the machine (and SW-2008 v.3.1) has run fine.
    
    You may want to check and see what programs are loading upon reboot through MSConfig, and try shutting off the ones you know are not critical to basic system function. Good luck!
    
    This solution works also for me, SW starts up now correctly!
    
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