1. Disabling thumbnails for all video types
- Disable:
regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
- Enable:
regsvr32 shmedia.dll
2. Disabling thumbnails for all image types
- Disable:
regsvr32.exe /u shimgvw.dll
- Enable:
regsvr32.exe shimgvw.dll
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview
For easy restoration, backup (export) the key first, then merge your backup into the registry; or set the value back to its default of "{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}".
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3a. Disabling thumbnails for individual video types
The K-Lite Codec Tweak Tool will conveniently accomplish this. It works by backing up and deleting the following registry key (where .xxx is a file extension):HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xxx\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}
Manually removing this key with RegEdit also works; again, export the key first to be able to restore it.
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