No thumbnail previews in Windows XP

[Punchi]

Hi There,
I am running MS Windows XP on my laptop. Since about a week ago I am no longer able to Prview the Thumbnails of the files of extensions .mov, .flv, mpeg-2 etc. litterally NO thumbnails at all. It is irritating! I have no issues with thumbnails on my desktop. Since then I have formatted the Hard Drive on my Laptop, reinstalled Windows and all my data, but I still don't have any joy.
Any help will be really appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.
Punchi

[Baldrick]

Can you play the video files in windows media player without problems?

You could always try an external thumbnail preview software like icaros.

[Punchi]

Thank you very much Baldrick,
I can play all the media files without any problems, none whaysoever.
The problem was just the thumbnails.
I shall definitely give icaros software a go.
Thank you so much for your kind response.

[Punchi]

Hi Baldrick,
I have now tried ICAROS. Great stuff, everything is now working fine. i've got the thumbnails back for all the media files.
Many thanks,
Punchi

[DarrellS]

I lost my thumbnail preview for unsupported video files which the K-Lite Codec Tweak Tool could usually get working but failed to this time and I tried a software called Media Preview that got everything working again.

http://www.babelsoft.net/products.htm

I saw the Icaros program mentioned while searching but didn't try it.

[Baldrick]

I added Media Preview to our tools list. Looks pretty good also.

[kunstkleplh]

I can confirm that KLite codec pack helps in generating the proper thumbnail for mkv files.

[Punchi]

Hi Baldrick, I can preview all the video files. Thank you for suggesting Icaros, futhermore, I have no problem Using windows Media Player thats working fine. I have started using Media Player Lite which playes all the media files with ease.
I am so glad to find this website, when I did.

Thanks
Punchi

[Baldrick]

MediaPlayerLite is just MPC-HC with a adware installer...