Activesync -> Explore -> no thumbnails ???

[Guest siddharth_shetye]

Well, the title kinda says it, but if I navigate to my phone's storage card (\Storage Card\My Documents\My Pictures) via ActiveSync -> Explore -> Storage Card -> My documents -> My pictures (where all my photos are kept), I do not see thumbnails in that folder. I see square outlines with generic icons in them (instead of the thumbnail) and a numeric filename.

Thumbnails are great for navigating thru photos, so I'd really like to see them.

Q1) How can I enable thumbnails ??

Q2) How can I directly open the photo's in a photo editing software (instead copying over, edit, copy back) ??

I've tried WM5torage, but at USB 1.0 it's REALLY slow on a large collection.

Thanks !

Sid

[Guest]

Thats always bugged me too and I never found a solution.

Vista allows you to double click a pic directly while browsing your mobile device and it opens up in your default pic viewer but still no thumbnails.

[Guest gpcarreon (MVP)]

1. There is no 'thumbnail view' in ActiveSync as far as I can recall.

2. You cannot open files from within ActiveSync as you'll end up with the 'Properties' window.

There is however a plugin for Total Commander which will allow you to access Smartphone devices connected to PC. Plugin name is 'wincefs'

With wincefs plugin, you can directly click on a file eliminating the conventional copy-paste from phone to PC method. Still no thumbnail view though. On example below, I clicked 'IMG_001.jpg' at \Storage\My Documents then Total Commander automatically transfers the said file to my PC's Temp DIR then opens it up with the associated XP program; the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

With such feature, you can have your favorite image editing software open the graphic file ready for editing. ;)