Iconizer - Troubleshooting

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

Issue: Icons not shown in File Explorer

1 - Run Embird; it will start in "Manager" mode.

2 - Select the "Options > Iconizer Settings" menu. A dialog box with Iconizer settings will appear on the screen (Picture No. 1). Make sure that the extensions which should be handled by Iconizer are selected in both boxes - in this example, it is the ".DST (Tajima)" extension. Also, the options "Enable Thumbnails (old)", "Enable Previews", "Enable Images in Popup Menu", "Enable Property Sheets", "Enable Columns", and "Enable Info Tips" should be checked ON.

3 - Confirm the settings by selecting the "OK" button.

1. Check Iconizer Settings

4 - Launch File Explorer and make sure that either the "Extra Large Icons", "Large Icons", or "Medium Icons" option is selected in the "View" menu (Picture No. 2).

Note: If you want to see icons also in "Small Icons", "List", and "Details" view, please select the "Enable Icons" option in Iconizer Settings (Picture No. 1).

2. Choose icon size in "View" menu

5 - Select the "Options > Change folder and search options" menu in File Explorer (Picture No. 3).

3. Select "Options > Change folder and search options" menu

6 - Click the "View" tab and select the "Apply to Folders" button to apply the icon size option to all folders of this type (Picture No. 4).

7 - Make sure that the option "Always show icons, never thumbnails" is OFF.

8 - Confirm new settings - click the "OK" button.

4. Apply chosen view mode to all folders

Note: If there is still a problem with showing icons, please make sure that the designs are not stored in an archive (.zip file) or on some remote location (cloud - Picture no. 5, network, online-only files) or on a slow access disk (floppy, USB). In such a case, the preparation of the icon might be slow, and therefore Windows does not use Iconizer for such files. Copy/extract some of these files to a local folder, e.g., to the "C:\My Designs" folder, and check the icons there.

5. Files are on OneDrive Cloud, marked with blue cloud icon meaning online-only file

Issue: File Explorer crashes

9 - Launch File Explorer (e.g., by pressing the Windows Flag + E keys simultaneously) (Picture No. 6).

6. Launch File Explorer

10 - Select either the "File > Change folder and search options" menu... (Picture No. 7)

7. Select "File > Change folder and search options" menu

11 - ...or the "File > Options" menu... (Picture No. 8)

8. Select "File > Options" menu

12 - Switch ON the option Launch folder windows in a separate process on the "View" tab and confirm with OK (Picture No. 9).

9. Launch folder windows in a separate process

Issue: Black background behind folder icons

13 - Launch the Disk Cleanup utility to clear the thumbnails cache (Picture No. 10).

10. Launch Disk Cleanup utility

14 - Select "Thumbnails" and confirm with OK (Picture No. 11).

11. Clear Thumbnail cache

Issue: Blank white pages instead of the actual designs

15 - Blank white pages are shown in File Explorer instead of the actual designs (Picture No. 12).

12. Blank white pages in File Explorer

16 - Launch the "Default Apps" utility and select Embird as the default app for, e.g., the PES file type (Picture No. 13).

13. Select a Default App for a File Type

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