P: No image preview on Open dialog box on Windows

Hi Everyone,
I'm so glad I found this discussion though some of it is rather old.
I recently downloaded the trial version of CS6 with a view to signing up to CC. I thought I had missed something in Preferences meaning I could not view PSD files prior to opening them. To discover such a jaw-dropping oversight on Adobe's part beggars belief.
Therefore I will not be signing up for CC and instead see if I can lay my hands on a copy of CS5. Any ideas on where I could get one please?
Regards,
Jonty

Adobe, please be a good boy and bring it back.

Good question!

Parul, I agree with you. I use Mystic Thumbs which slows down my system, but it's not nearly as slow as Bridge which is simply horrible. I understand that Microsoft and Apple are supposedly where the problem started, although no one has ever been able to provide contacts, much less a department, at either company where we can write.

It is curious to me, though, that a 3rd party (i.e., Mystic Thumbs) can provide a means of previewing images in an Open dialog, albeit clumsily, and Adobe can do essentially the same thing...

Bravo Anna!
I hope you get some useful feedback on this reply...
I think you speak for all of us here... well said!

I'd just like to re-open this part of the conversation...I really need to know where to find these new OS requirements. Of course I have not read all of their developer documentation, I am not a software developer. If someone at Adobe could please point us to some relevant documentation that I can then bring into specific feedback with Microsoft, I think it's much more likely we can get the issue addressed and get this important feature back. Further, if everyone on this thread can then contact Microsoft, even just through their feedback tool, I think we can get some sort of answer.

Please, Adobe, take this issue seriously. Flying blind is not ok. I lose a lot of time every day opening numerous PSDs trying to find the needle in the haystack that is the office Shared Drive. Even with meticulous naming and file management, there are still dozens of versions of many projects, and it's not always possible to tell which is the one I'm looking for without a preview of some kind. Third party software is an unacceptable compromise for such a basic feature. I'm paying monthly for a program, at the very bare minimum this feature should be available, especially since it is available in the rest of the suite of applications. I am willing to operate under the assumption that Microsoft and Apple really are to blame for restricting your programming capabilities (even if I still don't totally buy it), but I really need you, Adobe, to work with me here and help me help you by giving me something to take to the vendor.

Thank you,
Anna

This is especially annoying now that I've noticed .ai filetypes have previews. Seriously, this is ridiculous. I don't want to hear anymore excuses about Windows being a big meanie-face. Find a way around the restriction and get this EXTREMELY BASIC function back in the program. Otherwise I will continue to urge everyone who's still on the fence about updating to stay put in CS5 where things actually work.

This is ridiculous. It's like people who are trying to sell literature are saying we don't know what English is. What good are the "new" features when you can't even properly maintain the basic things we need everyday unlike the "New" stuff that's seldom ever used. And bridge is an utter piece of trash for the record. I've never seen a software so useless before, it's an eyesore. Thoroughly disappointed and rolling back to CS5 which will be the last Photoshop version I ever use.

Still pretty frustrated and incensed by this. I really doubt there isn't a single (non-third-party, because I've tried the third party solutions and they are woefully inadequate) workaround for this pretty huge hole in one the most basic functions of this program.

If any of you can dig up a piece of software called MysticThumbs, you'll be able to eliminate this problem with all Adobe products in its entirety. Specifically, look for version 1.98 or the file MysticThumbs198_x64.msi. Why this version? It's the last free and complete version of this previewing software. It shows previews for Adobe files both within windows explorer and Adobe products. It just works and doesn't interfere with the user. You won't even notice it exists on your machine. And here I am talking about a piece of software that some amateur programming junkie was able to implement years ago! Adobe can't get a preview working? What a load of crap. Of course they could get it working. There is a ton of software on the market that has implemented similar preview functions. I very much doubt it's even a major programming hurdle. This is simply one of those things that happens when super companies have too many cooks in the kitchen. No single employee could even give a straight or legitimate answer on the subject because they honestly don't know the answer as individuals.