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Q: I have a lot of pictures on my Vista computer. When I try to find a photograph in a folder the icon does not show me what the photograph looks like. It is just a generic mountain and lake scene for every picture. How can I turn on the actual picture to be depicted in the icon of the file?
In the Views drop-down in the Task pane, select one of the following views:
- Medium Icons
- Large Icons
- Extra Large Icons
If thumbnail previews are not generated, then open Folder Options applet via Control Panel or from Start – Search box (by running the command "control folders"). In the View tab of Folder Options, uncheck the following option:
Click OK.
If that does not work, try clearing the thumbnail cache using the Disk Cleanup tool. See article How to clear the thumbnail cache in Windows Vista? for more information.
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You saved my day, Thanks!
you r a saviour…
Thanks for that! I couldn’t fathom how they’d release an OS that didn’t offer an image preview but could not work out what I was doing wrong!
Works for Windows7 too, thanks this was driving me mad!
I love you dude, this was awesome and it worked thanks
Thanks for this – so simple, but has been driving me crazy since I bought this laotop with crappy old Viista on it. In fact the machine is excellent, but is let down at every turn by this garbage OS.
Microsoft rushed this out in ahurry to rip everyone off and it shows.