Here's another possible solution. Write a program and put it in your path that will:

if (the calling program is emacs) {
   run image magick
}
else {
   run the windows convert command
}

Just a thought.

> From: mu8ja0i@earthlink.net
> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:58:34 -0500
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Image-Dired thumbs issue
>
> Corey Foote <coreyfoote@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> > <style>
> > .hmmessage P
> > {
> > margin:0px;
> > padding:0px
> > }
> > body.hmmessage
> > {
> > FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
> > FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma
> > }
> > </style>
> >
> >
> > Are there any Windows users out there who wouldn't mind posting the
> > relevant portion of their .emacs files to the list so I can see how
> > this is done? Thanks!
> The workaround, which is basically unsatisfactory, is to place the
> ImageMagick binaries folder/directory as the first item in the `PATH'
> environment variable. The problem is that if you do this you cannot use the
> Windows XP "convert" built-in command. You might be able to get around
> this with commands such as "set path=%path%;<my folder>" but it will
> only work within a command window temporarily.
> In my case once I tried the workaround I changed it back to the
> default `PATH' environment variable setting.
>
> --
> Allan

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