Is there anyway to force Windows Photo Gallery to generate thumbna

Is there a way to force Windows Photo Gallery to generate all the thumbnails
for all the pictures in my collection without have to scroll through all the
pictures with the mouse wheel? Isn't there a setting to say generate all the
thumbnails while Photo Gallery is in the background?

"Autumnale" <> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to force Windows Photo Gallery to generate all the
> thumbnails
> for all the pictures in my collection without have to scroll through
> all the
> pictures with the mouse wheel? Isn't there a setting to say generate
> all the
> thumbnails while Photo Gallery is in the background?

Right click an empty space in the gallery display and in 'View' select
'thumbnails' or whatever.
You can also turn the enlarged 'tooltip' hover views on and off in File
> Options.
I don't know what you mean by 'in the background' so I may have
misunderstood your query.

Tom

I noticed it creates the thumbnails for the pictures as long as the window
is open. If you have a bunch of pictures it might take a while depending on
how much power you have.

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"Autumnale" <> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to force Windows Photo Gallery to generate all the
> thumbnails
> for all the pictures in my collection without have to scroll through all
> the
> pictures with the mouse wheel? Isn't there a setting to say generate all
> the
> thumbnails while Photo Gallery is in the background?

On Tue, 27 May 2008 11:49:00 -0700, Autumnale
<> wrote:

>Is there a way to force Windows Photo Gallery to generate all the thumbnails
>for all the pictures in my collection without have to scroll through all the
>pictures with the mouse wheel? Isn't there a setting to say generate all the
>thumbnails while Photo Gallery is in the background?

Short answer no, if you mean you're scanning a folder that has
hundreds or thousands of images and only some get shown as thumbnails
AND you have show thumbnails enabled AND you have file types that are
supported by Photo Gallery, only some may show as thumbnails
immediately unless and until you scan higher or lower within the file,
them more of those files will get converted. This is a design
"feature" so at least some of the images are visible right away. If
left alone the Thumbnail Database will fill out...in time. No, you
can't hurry it along by any way I know of.

However...

There is a bug where if Photo Gallery hits a file that is corrupted it
may stop at that point and not covert the following files in the
folder to thumbnails. If you see that a fix that usually works is
delete (or move to another folder) the first file that doesn't convert
to a thumbnail, then Refresh and the generation of thumbnails should
resume.

I mean seems like it doesn't generate thumbnails for pictures that you
haven't scrolled to. I have like 130,000 pictures so far and it would take
forever to scroll through like 40 or so of them at a time to get it to
generate the thumbnails. Can't it just generate the thumbnails while the
program is open. Not like I need the processor time.

"Tom Allen" wrote:

>
> "Autumnale" <> wrote in message
> news:1ADE60EF-5D45-49F7-8A59-...
> > Is there a way to force Windows Photo Gallery to generate all the
> > thumbnails
> > for all the pictures in my collection without have to scroll through
> > all the
> > pictures with the mouse wheel? Isn't there a setting to say generate
> > all the
> > thumbnails while Photo Gallery is in the background?
>
> Right click an empty space in the gallery display and in 'View' select
> 'thumbnails' or whatever.
> You can also turn the enlarged 'tooltip' hover views on and off in File
> > Options.
> I don't know what you mean by 'in the background' so I may have
> misunderstood your query.
>
> Tom
>
>
>

I doesn't seem to generate thumbnails for pictures I haven't scrolled to. I
can tell because when it's generating thumbnails, the CPU load goes to 50%.
Which is considerable considering I have a dual core. But still. I don't
mind as long as it generates the thumbnails when I want it to.

"UnswoleLilDude" wrote:

> I noticed it creates the thumbnails for the pictures as long as the window
> is open. If you have a bunch of pictures it might take a while depending on
> how much power you have.
>
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> "Autumnale" <> wrote in message
> news:1ADE60EF-5D45-49F7-8A59-...
> > Is there a way to force Windows Photo Gallery to generate all the
> > thumbnails
> > for all the pictures in my collection without have to scroll through all
> > the
> > pictures with the mouse wheel? Isn't there a setting to say generate all
> > the
> > thumbnails while Photo Gallery is in the background?
>