Microsoft KB Archive/191242

= How to Enable Preview for Multimedia Files =

Article ID: 191242

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 1.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5

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This article was previously published under Q191242



SUMMARY
When you view a folder as a Web page and click a multimedia file, a preview of the file may not be displayed on the left side of the right pane. This behavior occurs because the preview feature is set to disabled by default.



MORE INFORMATION
To enable the multimedia preview feature:  In Windows Explorer, click the Windows folder, and then double-click the Web folder. On the View menu, click Customize This Folder, click Next, and then click Next. On the Search menu, click Find, type wantmedia, click Find Next, and then click Cancel.  Change the false entry in the following line to true : var wantMedia     = false; // cool, but may hinder media file manipulation After you make this change, the line should look like this: var wantMedia     = true; // cool, but may hinder media file manipulation  On the File menu, click Save. Quit Notepad, click Finish, and then quit Windows Explorer.</ol>

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