Java: How to get the thumbnail from a file

Question

In windows explorer (and linux gnome) shows for each file a thumbnail or icon. Like with EXEs, images, videos, txt-files, ini-files, Word documents and so m

Answer 1

If you are looking for a plattform-independent (i.e. pure java) solution, hava a look at JavaThumbnailer. It's still beta, though, and has a limited number of supported file types.