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Summary

Windows Shell extension to view Rhino thumbnail preview images within Explorer.

Description

The Rhino Thumbnail Viewer is an extension to the Windows Shell that allows you to view thumbnail images of your Rhino 3dm files automatically within Windows Explorer. Note, you do not have to have Rhino installed on your system to use this extension.

 

The Rhino Thumbnail Viewer supports Windows 2000 and XP (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions).

 

The Rhino Thumbnail Viewer supports Windows Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions).

 

32-Bit Installation

If you are using Windows 2000, Windows XP (32-bit), or Windows Vista (32-bit):

• Critical: Download and install the latest Microsoft 32-bit runtime libraries before using this utility.

1. Login into your system as the Administrator or as a user with administrative security privledges.
2. Download the 32-bit version of the Rhino Thumbnail Viewer.
3. Extract the zip file into a new folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\RhinoThumbs).
4. From the new folder, run Register32.bat.

64-Bit Installation

If you are using Windows XP (64-bit), or Windows Vista (64-bit):

• Critical: Download and install the latest Microsoft 64-bit runtime libraries before using this utility.

1. Login into your system as the Administrator or as a user with administrative security privledges.
2. Download the 64-bit version of the Rhino Thumbnail Viewer.
3. Extract the zip file into a new folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\RhinoThumbs).
4. From the new folder, run Register64.bat.

 

Windows Vista Users

If you are installing on Windows Vista run into an error registering the "DLL" (error code 0x80070005) and the "Run as administrator" option does not help when you use the batch file, you can resolve the error by opening an elevated command prompt windows to register the DLL.

1. Extract the zip file into a new folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\RhinoThumbs).
2. On the Windows task bar, click the Start button and then type "cmd.exe" into the search box just above the start button. Note, do not press the <Enter> key.
3. When "cmd.exe" appears in the program list, right-click on the file and pick "Run as administrator." This will give you an elevated command prompt if you're in the local administrators group.
4. From the command prompt, type the following:

  C:\Users> cd \ <Enter>
  C:\> cd program files\rhinothumbs <Enter>
  C:\Program Files\RhinoThumbs> regsvr32 RhinoThumbViewx64.dll <Enter>

 

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