| ThumbsPlus version
7 SP1 (build 2234) runs well on Windows® Vista®.
Earlier versions are not recommended or supported. We have noticed
that some earlier versions will not always exit completely on
Vista (they leave a task in Task Manager that has to be killed
to finish releasing all resources). We cannot provide
support for earlier versions on Vista!
So the first rule of ThumbsPlus on Vista is:
Run the latest version! You can check the About box or the right
side of the main menu bar to tell the build number. It should
be 7.0 SP1 build 2234. If it is not, please use
Help - Program Updates, or install Service Pack
1, available from our downloads page.
There are a couple of rough edges that we're
working on for a maintenance patch in the near future. These are
the issues we've found and workarounds for them:
Installation
Font Installation
and Removal
Schemes and Sets
Labeling Disks
Red Eye Removal
Performance
Installation |
When installing on Vista, we recommend
using one of the sharing options. If you wish to use the
"recommended" setting (everything in a single
folder), you need to choose a destination folder that is
not in Program Files.
Vista limits applications' abilities to write to Program
Files.
The next version of the installer will
recognize a Vista system and enforce these options. |
| Font Installation
and Removal |
 Installing
and removing fonts on Vista requires Administrative privileges.
If you want to use ThumbsPlus to do this, run ThumbsPlus
as Administrator.
To always run as Administrator, you can
modify the shortcut and check the option (see Red
Eye Removal below for a screen shot).
The next release will present a Vista User
Access Control dialog when installing or removing fonts.
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Schemes
and Sets |
If you install using any of the "sharing"
options, you should change the paths listed in Options
- Preferences - Schemes and Sets to folders not
within the Program Files tree. If you are upgrading and
already have schemes or sets defined, you'll need to move
them to the new locations.
We recommend using:
C:\ProgramData\ThumbsPlus
to share schemes among all users, or
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\ThumbsPlus
to keep separate schemes for each users.
The Web Templates folder can be left as-is,
as the templates are not written by ThumbsPlus.
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Labeling
Disks |
Vista
User Access Control limits ThumbsPlus's ability to label
disks. To prevent issues, you can label disks using Explorer
before running ThumbsPlus. If you've already used ThumbsPlus
and made thumbnails on unlabeled disks, you can run ThumbsPlus
as Administrator and label the disks. |
Red
Eye Removal |
When using Vista's Aero (glass) visual
style, dragging the circle for Red Eye Removal leaves trails.
To work around this, you can set ThumbsPlus to run without
visual styles. Right-click the ThumbsPlus icon, pick Properties,
select the Compatibility tab, and check
the option to Disable desktop composition.
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Performance |
Some users have had performance problems,
especially with background tasks such as making thumbnails.
Normally, background tasks run at below-normal priority.
However, some other programs may not be quite Vista-ready,
and may hog the CPU, giving very little processing power
to the background tasks. Try setting the option to Run
background tasks at normal priority in Options
- Preferences - Advanced. See our performance
page for additional ThumbsPlus hints. |
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ThumbsPlus
on Windows® Vista®