Video file icons in vista 64bit

[metamorphpwner]

Hi,
Anyone know if you can change the icons for video files to show what the video is instead on the standard avi/wmv icon?
windows Xp used to show an image of the movie but i can't seem to do it in vista
anyone know how?

 

[metamorphpwner]

Go to Control Panel, then click on Classic View on the Left. Then choose Folder Options->View, and make sure "Always show icons, never thumbnails" is disabled under Advanced settings.

done this but it seems to have done nothing, they're still the same.

 

[metamorphpwner]

An easy way to check is to see if the files will play in WMP. If they do, Windows has the relevant codecs. If they don't you need to download a DirectShow codec for that format.

all of the files i have open in media player. for some reason it's the only player that i actually like.