How to Enable Preview for Multimedia Files

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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.
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To enable the multimedia preview feature:
  1. In Windows Explorer, click the Windows folder, and then double-click the Web folder.
  2. On the View menu, click Customize This Folder , click Next , and then click Next .
  3. On the Search menu, click Find , type wantmedia , click Find Next , and then click Cancel .
  4. 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
  5. On the File menu, click Save .
  6. Quit Notepad, click Finish , and then quit Windows Explorer.
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REFERENCES

For additional information about the Folder.htt file and customizing folders, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
181689
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181689/EN-US/ )
Purpose and Format of Folder.htt

182000
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182000/EN-US/ )
How to Customize a Folder with Internet Explorer
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Article ID: 191242 - Last Review: January 23, 2007 - Revision: 3.2
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  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
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  • 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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