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ai, eps, pdf thumbs are unreliable #75

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I know different variations on this issue have been posted elsewhere, but I 
have not seen my exact cluster of problems.  I'm on Windows 7 64 bit with 
Creative Suite 6 as the default handler for ai, eps, and pdf files.  Despite 
installing this: http://www.pretentiousname.com/adobe_pdf_x64_fix/#thumb and 
endless refreshes, reboots, and cache clears, thumbnails for ai, eps, and pdf 
files are unreliable.  This occurs regardless of whether "Prefer image file 
embedded thumbnails" is enabled or disabled in Sagethumbs options, and occurs 
regardless of how high I set "Maximum size of image file."

Sometimes I see them and sometimes I don't, with no pattern that I can detect.  
For example, sometimes all the thumbnails for ai files in directory X are 
present but none of the thumbnails for ai files in directory Y are present.  
When I clear the cache, the situation is the exact opposite: all the thumbnails 
for ai files in directory Y are present but none of the thumbnails for ai files 
in directory X are present.  Sometimes when I open an Explorer window with 100 
pdfs, half of the files have thumbnails and the other half don't, as if 
Sagethumbs gave up in the middle of making thumbnails.

No offense to the makers of Sagethumbs, whose work is much appreciated and who 
are giving us this great software for free.  But still, I must ask: why is 
something as basic as thumbnails for standard image file types not a solved 
problem in 2014?  K-Lite Codec Pack, for example, long ago solved this problem 
perfectly for any conceivable type of video file.  What is the deal with image 
files?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by andrew73...@gmail.com on 15 Mar 2014 at 10:26

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Windows uses several caches and strange algorithms to extract data from files, 
sometimes all works fine but sometimes it can sleep for ... er... some time. 
Thats why on every step of experimentation with options you must clear caches 
and re-load Explorer i.e. run "clearmgr" (check both SageThumbs and Windows 
caches to clear) and re-log to Windows.

Original comment by ryo.rab...@gmail.com on 17 Mar 2014 at 3:10

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
What's "clearmgr" ?  Is that different from the "clear..." button in SageThumbs 
options?

Original comment by andrew73...@gmail.com on 17 Mar 2014 at 6:51

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
cleanmgr.exe - Windows system utility to clean unused data.

Original comment by ryo.rab...@gmail.com on 18 Mar 2014 at 2:54

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
That doesn't seem to help.  I just don't understand why everything would be 
perfect in XP but is completely broken now in 7.  Why are we going backwards?

Original comment by andrew73...@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2014 at 2:12