dpoulton Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 When using Windows Explorer in thumbnail view to view a folder of DrawPlus *.dpp files you are presented with a thumbnail of the actual drawing. With Affinity Designer (v1.5 Retail) *.afdesign files you are presented with identical application icons even if "save thumbnails with documents" is enabled in settings. Is it possible to view thumbnails of the documents and,if not, will this be introduced in a future update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted November 18, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 18, 2016 Hey dpoulton, welcome to the Affinity Forums :) This should be working. If you close down the app and then refresh the folder or desktop you should see the thumbnail. Can you give it a go and let me know how you get on? Thanks How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 18, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 18, 2016 Hi dpoulton, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Affinity Designer files are also displayed as thumbnails in Windows Explorer (see screenshot below). Do you have that folder set to Always show icons, never thumbnails in the Folder Options dialog? Uncheck it if that's the case. You can access the Folder Options dialog clicking on the Option button on the right (in the screenshot above) then changing to the View tab in the Folder Options dialog. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpoulton Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 Hi, Thanks for the welcome. My system is Win10 Pro x64 Anniversary. My *.dpp files are stored in a "drawings" folder under the Windows "Pictures" folder (once upon a time this was "My Pictures"). My *.afdesign files are stored in a "designs" folder, also under the Windows "Pictures" folder. All these folders are set to display thumbnails, where available, rather than icons. When browsing the "drawings" folder I see... When browsing the "designs" folder I see... As can be seen from the "palettes" subfolder, thumbnails are switched on. I have tried rebooting as well as clearing out the thumbnail cache using CCleaner. Apart from re-installing, any other suggestions? Also, how do I get "undo" and "save" onto the toolbar????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpoulton Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 Uninstalled and reinstalled. No thumbnails.Tried everything on this previous thread including downloading a utility to clear the icon and thumbnail caches and still no luck.In the previous thread Mark Ingram stated that there is a CLI command to register the thumbnail provider and that he will hunt it down and post it, but I cannot find that post.I have discovered several other annoyances and it seems that I should have spent time with the beta rather than waiting for the finished release.It's a pity that DrawPlus is now "legacy" as it is still seems to be the better product (especially as it has the AutoTrace feature). I have read posts where it is pointed out that AD is not an exact replacement for DP and that it is not advertised as better than DP. Fair enough. There are also comments that those who need DrawPlus' features should continue to use it. That however raises the question as to why DrawPlus is being "shelved"....My fault, I got tempted by the low intro price when I should have waited for v2 or v3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr8rck Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I tested this and see... Preview works - Extra large icon, large icons, medium icons, tiles & content Preview is not working - List, small icons Ryan. Daniele Salvatore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Salvatore Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 I got exactly the same effect, but I tought that it was normal. All the files with extension .AFDESIGN are displayed only with the standard Affinity Logo + the file name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon W Posted November 23, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 23, 2016 Please could anyone experiencing thumbnail problems see this post: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/24489-15015-windows-file-icon-thumbnails-not-displaying/?p=142757 Thanks, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon W Posted November 28, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 28, 2016 We've identified the cause of this problem. Please see https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/24489-15015-windows-file-icon-thumbnails-not-displaying/?p=144896 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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