How to Enable Preview for Multimedia Files

ID: Q191242

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Windows 98

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.

MORE INFORMATION

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" (without quotation

   marks), click Find Next, and then click Cancel.

4. Change the "false" entry in the following line to "true" (without

   quotation marks):

      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.

REFERENCES

For additional information about the Folder.htt file and customizing folders, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q181689
   TITLE     : Purpose and Format of Folder.htt

   ARTICLE-ID: Q182000
   TITLE     : How to Customize a Folder with Internet Explorer

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbenv msiew95 msient win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,98
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: March 18, 1999