Slow Win7 thumbnail generation

[Cnoj]

Is there a way to make win7 'remember' the thumbnails for inventor files? I generally have large numbers of IPTs in a folder and each time I open the folder in Win7 I have to watch them regenerate, line by line. When the folder is opened, only the visible icons are generated and as soon as I scroll down I have to watch the newly visible thumbnails generate.

I know this sounds trivial but I use the tumbnails to quickly locate files (I can't memorise 100+ part numbers but I can recognise the parts visually). Having to wait for them to generate as I scroll down makes the process annoyingly slow.

[Sergio.Bertino]

Hi,

Usually when the thumbnail regeneration process takes time to be performed, it could be caused by the complexity and number of file to be previewed.

I am not aware of any setting in the Inventor registry keys that may improve the situation, but I have found googling it an interesting article that maybe could help:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10794-thumbnail-cache-enable-disable.html

[Cnoj]

I checked per the article and my thumbnail-cache was already enabled. To be doubly sure I ran the enable reg patch.

No difference: If I browse to a folder with only five files in it (IPTs), the thumbnails generate one at a time. Then if I browse up level and then back, the thumbnails are gone and have to regenerate.

Not an issue with five files but 1000+ takes about a minute of careful scrolling to get all the offscreen thumbnails to generate.