Windows XP and Viewing NEF and PSD files

I have Windows XP and installed Service Pack II. I now can no longer use the
Windows viewer to see any of my Adobe Photoshop PSD or the Nikon NEF
photographs, either in 'filmstrips" or as "thumbnails" . Is this something to
do with SPII? Is there a patch or a workaround to fix this?
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Ron

> Ron scribbled:
> I have Windows XP and installed Service Pack II. I now can no longer
> use the Windows viewer to see any of my Adobe Photoshop PSD or the
> Nikon NEF photographs, either in 'filmstrips" or as "thumbnails" . Is
> this something to do with SPII? Is there a patch or a workaround to
> fix this?

This means that XP doesn't recognise the file types PSD or NEF to display
them as filmstrips or thumbnails.
As far as I'm aware XP/Windows explorer will only recognise the standard
graphics file types like JPG, BMP, TIF, etc....

The only fix I can think of would be to associate the files with a graphics
file viewer such as Irfan View. That viewer recognises most graphics file
types including PSD files. It doesn't recognise NEF files though.

The other option is to convert the files to a standard file type like JPG,
BMP, Tif, etc.

Your camera should have a setting that will create your photographs as a
standard graphics file type like JPG, BMP, TIF, RAW, etc...

This website http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=NEF says NEF files
are a RAW graphics file.

HTH & GL


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"Max Burke" wrote:

> > Ron scribbled:
> > I have Windows XP and installed Service Pack II. I now can no longer
> > use the Windows viewer to see any of my Adobe Photoshop PSD or the
> > Nikon NEF photographs, either in 'filmstrips" or as "thumbnails" . Is
> > this something to do with SPII? Is there a patch or a workaround to
> > fix this?
>
> This means that XP doesn't recognise the file types PSD or NEF to display
> them as filmstrips or thumbnails.
> As far as I'm aware XP/Windows explorer will only recognise the standard
> graphics file types like JPG, BMP, TIF, etc....
>
> The only fix I can think of would be to associate the files with a graphics
> file viewer such as Irfan View. That viewer recognises most graphics file
> types including PSD files. It doesn't recognise NEF files though.
>
> The other option is to convert the files to a standard file type like JPG,
> BMP, Tif, etc.
>
> Your camera should have a setting that will create your photographs as a
> standard graphics file type like JPG, BMP, TIF, RAW, etc...
>
> This website http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=NEF says NEF files
> are a RAW graphics file.
>
> HTH & GL
>
>
> --

After reformatting my hard drive and doing a complete reinstall, I am
experiencing the same problem as Ron. What confuses me is prior to
installing SPII, NEF files and PSD files would display thumbnails. Why would
XP SPII cause Windows to no longer recognize files that were "known files"
prior to the Service Pack?

NEF files are Nikon digital image files and converting these files to PSD or
some other graphics file would increase my storage requirements significantly
(due to keeping the original NEF), not to mention the extra work of
converting hundreds and hundreds of files. The original NEF file is needed
when viewing and/or editing images with Nikon software. The reason I would
like to see the thumbnails is to help me quickly locate images using Explorer.

I feel certain other Nikon people must be feeling the same pain from losing
(or misplacing) this valuable file view option. I'm hoping the fix is simply
changing a display option somewhere. All I need is help finding that option.
If anyone has any ideas, I would be eternally grateful.

Thanks!
Arlene

Follow up to my previous post...

I just located several posts with suggestions for "fixing" my NEF thumbnail
problem. I don't know why these posts did not appear when I did my first
search but I am happy to have found a possible solution. I hope it works!

Thanks to all.

Arlene