I’ve done some more tests and it appears to be either a problem with Microsoft’s Software Development Kit (SDK) or a problem (bug) with the Windows Shell. I have also had reports of the same problem when the files are on a Microsoft OneDrive folder. You would need to copy the files over to a folder on your local hard disk for it to work. Suggestions for improvements and bug-fixes are welcome.ĭownload: WMFPreview Releases on GitHub MetaĪs some of you may know, WMFPreview has had issues with displaying thumbnails in Windows File Explorer when the files are on a CD/DVDROM drive. It’s provided under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License, so you are free to use, modify and share it.
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The C++ source code is available on GitHub. If you are interested in using this extension, you can download the setup packages below. So far I’ve tested the extension on both the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7, 8 and 10. You can also enable the Preview pane from the View tab above for a larger preview on the right of the selected image. I saw it as a nice opportunity for me to play with the new release of Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 on Windows 10, and also to get myself familiar with using GitHub.Īs you can see in the screenshot above (taken on Windows 10), after installing the extension, you get thumbnails for WMF and EMF images in Windows File Explorer. So I decided to write my own thumbnail and preview handler shell extensions for WMF and EMF (Enhanced Meta File) images. I searched online for Windows Shell Extensions that would enable thumbnails for these files, but the ones I found didn’t work for some reason. This made it difficult to find what I was looking for in folders containing hundreds of images.
EMF and WMF Thumbnails and Preview in Windows File ExplorerĪ few weeks ago I was browsing through some old clip art folders containing Windows Meta File (WMF) images and noticed that I couldn’t view thumbnails for these images in Windows File Explorer.
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