Icon-problem in libraries

[Sven]

In former versions, we could set a CDs front as icon in our music-folder. Now in Windows 7 it does _allmost_ the same, but it wraps an ugly yellow foler around it, look at my example:
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5963/udklipd.jpg

How do I change it back, so the CD-cover is used as icon, as in XP?

Sorry if somebody else has asked this. I have tried to search for it, but my English might not be good enough, as I did not find anything.

 

[moinmoin]

You can make from the Cover an Icon.
Then you can replace the new Icon.

Folder Icon Change - Vista Forums

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[Orbital Shark]

Hi Sven, unfortunately the folders you are seeing are the Windows 7 standard. Windows 7 has been refined to include folders in the icons in order to show that it is infact a folder. I would have a look at what moinmoin suggests but if you have a large music base then it would take an extremely long time to sort out.

 

[Sven]

I can't get it to work. I have tried to point to the path as moinmoin wrote, but then Win7 just gives an error saying, that the file don't contain any icons. The file I tried with is the .jpgfile that Win7 uses to show the default icon (the cover)

 

[moinmoin]

Have you make the icon with IcoFX or Axialis IconWorkshop?
You need all size from 32x32 to 256x256 (Vistaicons)

I would have a look at what moinmoin suggests but if you have a large music base then it would take an extremely long time to sort out.

Sure. But this is the only opportunity.

 

[Sven]

Have you make the icon with IcoFX or Axialis IconWorkshop?
You need all size from 32x32 to 256x256 (Vistaicons)

No, I have not made any icons. Windows 7 uses the small .jpgfile in the folder (mediaplayer downloads this jpg-file when making the library-entry, and uses it in Music-library view in Mediaplayer)to make the view with the big yellow folder around the CD-cover.
Same way I did in XP, and there it showed up as the .jpg as icon.

 

[Barman58]

Why not display the music library in album view



No extra work involved

 

[Sven]

Why not display the music library in album view

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No extra work involved

That is exactly what I'm looking for, but how do I change the library-folders to do as in your picture?

 

[Barman58]

If you display the library and click on the light blue Arange by: "Folder" on the top right you can select various options one of which is album (which is the one shown in my screen-shot)

One thing to check is that the library is set to display as "Music", (the default), as the options available on this dropdown vary for others such as documents

 

[Sven]

If you display the library and click on the light blue Arange by: "Folder" on the top right you can select various options one of which is album (which is the one shown in my screen-shot)

One thing to check is that the library is set to display as "Music", (the default), as the options available on this dropdown vary for others such as documents

Look at my library, please. How do I get the "Arrange by:" selection to show up?
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/8812/capturezvi.jpg

 

[Barman58]

Hi Sven,

The view you show on the screenshot is not a library view so you will not have the option available.



You need to include your folder email in the music library then open the library and set the display options there - the library views feature only works in the libraries not in normal folders

 

[Sven]

Oh . Now I have the same view as you do, and I can get the drop down menu to select between Folder, Artist, Album aso, but nomatter which I select, it does not change from "Folder". Is there a trick to unlock this selection?

 

[Barman58]

A few things that may effect things - as windows needs to have the album/artist data available to show the views.

• Make sure that the folders are included in the windows search and this has completed indexing - libraries are included by default but it may take a while after adding folders to the libraries for this to complete.
• make sure that windows media player and or windows media centre have completed building their libraries.
• make sure you have read permissions on the files - this can be an issue if the files and folders were actually created in a previous OS such as XP or Vista

 

[Sven]

A few things that may effect things - as windows needs to have the album/artist data available to show the views.

• Make sure that the folders are included in the windows search and this has completed indexing - libraries are included by default but it may take a while after adding folders to the libraries for this to complete.

How do I do that? The folders has been there for over a week.

• make sure that windows media player and or windows media centre have completed building their libraries.

Media player has builded its own library, and make use if the .jpg files. Actually, it is MediaPlayer taht has downloaded the images along with MP3-tags.

• make sure you have read permissions on the files - this can be an issue if the files and folders were actually created in a previous OS such as XP or Vista

All created in Windows 7, as I got the HDD after installing Win7

Still, I can choose the drop down menu, and see the choises, but when I select one of them, it just closes the menu, and stays in "Folder" with no changes at all.