Vista explorer thumbnails fix

I noticed the other day that vista wasn’t showing any thumbnails for 3gp files. I searched around and came across a registry file (.reg) which adds thumbnails to explorer for a large number of media files. An excerpt of the file can be seen here:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.3gp\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]

@=”{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}”
The only bit of this which is of any interest is the bolded part. This is the part which specifies the file extension. You can find a reg file which ‘fixes’ all main media types below.
This image shows the before and after icons displayed in explorer:

After | Before

Download it here

Use this at your own risk, i take no responsibility for any damage/problems that occur as a result of using this file.

Reset Vista folder icons

I’ve just had to fix a problem on Vista where the downloads folder had gone back to the yellow folder icon rather than the blue one. A search on google lead me to this site which explains how to fix any of the folder icons in your Documents folder.

Before:

After:

(Both pictures are taken from the HowToGeek page)