Description:

  Shell extension shows small thumbnails of images in shell icons.
  Extension works anywhere where you may find icons, including "Recycle Bin" 
  and "File Open/Save" dialogs.
  It also adds "Preview" tab into file properties for image files.

  Requires Hi-color or True-color display mode!
  Doesn't work in 16 and 256 colors modes!
  
  Requires Microsoft's "Plus!" extension to be installed.
  (Windows NT and Windows 98 have "Plus!" built-in).
  Open "Display Properties" Control Panel.
  Open "Plus!" tab and select "Show Icons using all possible colors".
  You may download "Microsoft's Plus! extension" for free as "Font smoother".
  http://www.microsoft.com/opentype/grayscal/smoother.htm

Install:

  Unpack archive into any temporary directory. 
  Click by right mouse button on "gicons.inf" and select "Install".

Uninstall:

  You may uninstall this extension using "Add and Remove Programs" 
  section of "Control Panel".

ReInstall:

  If file type associations have been lost as a result of installation of 
  software, enter Windows/System/ShellExt (or System32/ShellExt for Windows NT)
  and select "Install" for "gicons.inf" file.

Tips:

  Open file property page "Preview" on any "GIF" or "JPG" file.
  Just click on info string to put "img" HTML tag into clipboard.
  Clicking with Shift key pressed shows program build time.
  
Changes:

  18 Mar 1999 - Fixed: bug in BMP-format decoding
		New: support of old BMP files
		Recompiled with version "6B" of JPEG library.

Author:

  Valery Tolkov <valery@inforis.ru>
  http://attend.to/tolkov  	  (redirector)
  http://black.inforis.ru/tvsoft  (current hosting)

