Original von madcatman
I then tried the 'live eval' version of SuSE9, which runs from a CD. Guess
what, previews pop up, even with all the boxes unchecked.
Erm, wait, previews don't pop up.
Now I'm not sure if we understood each other well...
Those are called "kfile plugins" or "file tips" and they
contain meta data on the file, like the creator of a document.
And they optionally include a preview icon (to make the
discussion even more confusing ;-).
Previews are icons created from the content of the file
(or in the case of audio files it starts playing as long as the mouse
hovers over the file.)
It's possible to choose independently whether *previews* are shown
in the file manager and on the desktop. It's possible to switch off
the *file tip popups* for the file manager, but I didn't find that
option for the desktop.
So, in a way, what you're trying to do (if I got you right) *doesn't*
work for my distro. Not sure if that's possible at all.