Using Python to add thumbnails to Explorer

[Roger Upole]

Sorry, I didn't realize you meant per-file.
However, Pythoncom supports both the interfaces
(IExtractIcon and IPersistFile) specified on the page
you referenced, so you ought to be able to implement
an icon handler with the Pywin32 extensions.

        Roger


"c d saunter" <christopher.saunter at durham.ac.uk> wrote in message news:djoqn3$s0d$1 at heffalump.dur.ac.uk...
> Hi Roger,
>        Thanks for the info - I was actually interested in custom
> per file thumbnails rather than icons, but your message sentt me
> pouring through seemingly relevent parts of the registry - however
> what I need isn't there.
>
> Turns out I need to use a .dll shell extension as per
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/
> shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_int/shell_int_extending/
> extensionhandlers/shell_ext.asp
>
> Not so simple, and not (directly) a job for Python.
>
> Thanks,
>        Chris
> Roger Upole (rupole at hotmail.com) wrote:
> : As you guessed, the icon locations are stored in the registry.
> : There's a key under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for each
> : registered file type, with a default value holding the class name.
> : Under the class name, there's a DefaultIcon key that gives
> : the path to the icon.  Using python files an an example, you
> : have HKCR\.py with Default=Python.File, and under
> : HKCR\Python.File\DefaultIcon, you should have the
> : path to py.ico.  You can use the _winreg module to create
> : your own entries.
>
> :      hth
> :         Roger
>
>
>
> 




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