diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 4460bf7c1..e638a41d7 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2006-08-25  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/const.py.in: Disable thumbnailer for Windows.
+
 2006-08-25  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/DisplayModels/_MediaModel.py (MediaModel.sort_date): add
 	sorting by date value instead of by text string
diff --git a/gramps2/src/const.py.in b/gramps2/src/const.py.in
index 831e45d02..dbf5352cb 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/const.py.in
+++ b/gramps2/src/const.py.in
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ papersize      = "file:%s/papersize.xml" % data_dir
 startup        = 1
 dnd_images     = 1
 use_tips       = False
-use_thumbnailer= True
+if os.sys.platform == "win32":
+	use_thumbnailer = False
+else:
+	use_thumbnailer= True
 
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