No preview image in finder window

After upgrading from Jaguar to Tiger, photo preview images from Adobe Photo Deluxe (system 9) do not appear. Instead file info is displayed. How can I fix this? This feature worked fine in Jaguar.

I,m not sure why that feature would not work in Panther and not Tiger. Since this is is specific to older Abobe software you may want to check on the adobe forums.
-mj
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genegenie wrote:
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