Set first image as folder preview in Windows 7

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Published on 2010-03-26T23:00:52Z Indexed on 2010/03/26 23:03 UTC
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I am trying to customize the way image folders appear in Win7 explorer, but I can't seem to get it under control.

Is there a way to force it to always pick the first image in the folder as the preview image? Explorer has perfectly fine natural sort order. I don't understand why it messes it up by picking semi-random images.

Thanks!

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