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[Yanishka]

YOUR SIR.... ARE A GOD....

Works perfectly... only issue now is if the comic is in a folder inside the comressed archive the image won't show....

Donation is in order me thinkies =D

[T800]

Make sure you install the latest version (3.2.0.2) from the project homepage, it's all tested and works OK.
If there is still a problem with generating thumbnails I need to know precisely how to reproduce it so I can fix it, but I believe I've cleared all reported bugs.
Refreshing thumbnails can be particulary stubborn thing in Vista/7, in XP you have the right-click option 'refresh thumbnail'. If someone needs instructions how to delete Vista/7 thumbnail cache/aka force rebuilding all thumbnails, I'll give step-by-step instructions.

Sure, I accept donations in the form of beer.

[Guest]

two issues now

1. if the comic is in a folder inside the comressed archive the image won't show

2. not all thumbnails show cover even though they are the first file in the archive. why is that?

[T800]

1. If you are reffering to 'archive within archive' (eg. cbz/zip within cbr/rar), then no, only normal zip/rar is supported. Archives need to be fully extracted to be read reliably (theoretically it's possible to read nested archives, but under specific conditions and not-so-simple implementation).

2.
Original post:

[Guest]

Is this portable? If I extract the CBXShell.dll from the .exe and register it am I good to go?

[T800]

Yes, it's portable, but note that cbxshell.dll depends on unrar.dll and GDI+ (it can't be registered without it).
Just put unrar.dll in the same folder as cbxshell.dll (putting it into windows\system32 folder is generally not recommended).
GDI+ is part of Win XP and later so Windows2000 also needs gdiplus.dll.

[T800]

Obsolete

[Guest]

why can't it generate thumbnails alphabetically so that the first image is the thumbnail instead of using the first file that was compressed?

[Guest]

I mean is it possible to get the the 1st image alphabetically instead of the 1st file added? because that would be awesome, i wouldn't have to go through and change thousands of files.

[T800]

I'm working on that version also.
I will probably put both flavors in the download package when I finish it.
'When' depends on my free time.

[noboy]

zip and rar doesn't thumbnail, cbz and cbr only, is this normal? I don't have cdisplay or anything in my 64bit win7.

[T800]

The thumbnail handler was primarily made for cbz/cbr files. To add thumbnails to zip/rar, copy the following to Notepad and save as "whatever.reg" (make sure you type quotes when saving to prevent Notepad from appending .txt file extension instead of .reg). Then doubleclick it to merge it to registry and logoff/reboot/clear thumbnail cache, whatever works for you (xp,win7 etc.)

______cut here________
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\shellex\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{9E6ECB90-5A61-42BD-B851-D3297D9C7F39}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rar]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rar\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rar\shellex\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{9E6ECB90-5A61-42BD-B851-D3297D9C7F39}"
______cut here________

hmmmm, looks like I'll have to make a shell extension manager utility for all this little things.

[noboy]

Thanks for the quick reply, but it didn't work... I also restarted and cleared my cache.

Do I have to clear something in my registry or is there something with win7 security blocking what I'm doing? I only got avast... and I use Mangameeya to open my rars and zips as default program.

[T800]

Oooooops, I forgot that code checks only for cbz and cbr extensions.
I'll change the code, that registry trick will work. Right now I'm working on new version, so hold on.

[noguy]

Thank you! I was worried for a moment there.