Thumbs Not Appearing in Excerpts

Hello, I’m using an Artisteer theme in 3.5.1.

I also have KK Star ratings enabled at the top of all posts.

I’m using “Auto Excerpt everywhere” plugin, which is supposed to summarize the text AND auto-add a thumbnail. It summarized the text very nicely, but it is not adding thumbs!

So, I installed “Thumbnail For Excerpts” – but still, no thumbs showing in excerpts!

Any advice will be appreciated, I really want those thumbs, and I want them 200×150, proportionate to the screenshot, not square.

By design, ALL my posts begin with a 300×225 screenshot.

But KK Star ratings is set for the top of all posts, so stars would be auto-inserted right before the screenshot. I wonder if the star ratings plugin is blocking a thumb appearing in excepts? I do not want to move or remove my star ratings.

Or maybe it’s another issue?

Thanks if you can help.