Tweak Library – Show miniature images as icons for “.BMP” files.

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Show miniature images as icons for “.BMP” files.

Windows show normally “.BMP” files with the default generic icon, but you can specify that Windows should use miniature image as icon of “.BMP” files.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

Windows show normally “.BMP” files with the default generic icon, but you can specify that Windows should use special icons of “.BMP” files. This setting will display a miniature of bitmap image instead of the default icon.

Important:
If you apply this setting using IE 5 with ActiveDesktop installed it may crash down Windows Explorer.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click and modify the data of “Default” String value to “%1” which can show special icons for “.BMP” files.

However, if you want to revert to default icons look, change the value data to “shimgvw.dll,1”.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

NOTE:
This setting can reduce the performance of your system and if an image has no icon in itself, Windows will display the file with the generic icon.

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Change bmp Icon.reg

The '.reg' file will display special icons for *.bmp files.

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Default bmp Icon.reg

The '.reg' file will display default icons for *.bmp files.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Paint.Picture\DefaultIcon\]

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Default icons of ".BMP" files are visible.

Miniatures of ".BMP" images are visible.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Right-click on "Default" and select 'Modify'.

Finally, set the 'Value Data' to "%1" in the textbox provided and click on 'OK' to enable the changes.