The top picklist in the Batch Process dialog is a bit squeezed up.Since you can't create a new folder at this point either, you need to remember to create new folders in Konqueror or Nautilus (or something similar) first, before you use TP to copy or move files. If you use the ' Move…' or ' Copy…' thumbnail context menu item and attempt to type the file path in via the keyboard, this will cause ThumbsPlus to crash immediately.The ' Open in Explorer' function on the file tree context menu does not work (obviously!).

My next task is to figure out why and hopefully provide a more elegant fix. My guess is that it makes a different DLL call. I'm not sure why making the TP executable think it is running in Win 95 should stop it crashing. Next time you run TP, it should open graphics files just fine, without crashing.With Thumbs.exe selected, select ' Windows 95' from the ' Windows Version' pick list.Browse for TP executable (usually somewhere like ' drive_c/Program Files /thumbs7/Thumbs.exe').The trick here is to use the winecfg tool located in the Crossover Control Panel for the Microsoft wine bottle I created earlier….Unfortunately when you actually use TP to open a graphics file, it will crash!.You should find the application will run and it will actually make thumbnails too.So cancel the dialog, ignore the warning and continue. Actually I'm not sure being root would help anyway. Unless you installed Crossover as root you will not be able to do this.

When you start TP, a dialog will appear advising you to label 'drive_z'.You should also find that Crossover will create a desktop icon and a menu item for it.

Install ThumbsPlus! version 6 or 7 using the Crossover Installer.

Simply installing the MDAC2.5, (which you can download from Cerious Software's FTP server), seems not to work in this instance. The prior installation of M$ office seems to cater for this dependency. By default TP stores thumbnails in a Microsoft Access data file. ThumbsPlus has an important Microsoft dependency for its data access.

Install a full Microsoft Office 2000 or 2002 first into this wine bottle.

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