psd thumbnails don't show on windows 8

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Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. The concern you are facing is that you are not able to change the view to thumbnail of PSD files. We need more information to assist you in a better way.

Are you able to open the PSD files?

Please try these steps if you want to change it to large icons.

a.       Right click on the file.

b.      Click view.

c.       Click “Large icons”.

Please get back to us with more information to assist you in a better way.

Windows doesn't come with the ability to show thumbnails for PSD (Photoshop) or many other Adobe file types. Worse, Adobe no longer includes a plugin allowing Windows to do this (they used to, years ago.)

For now, the only solution is to use one of a couple different third-party plugins. Most are paid, between $15-$25, some are free.

My personal favorite is Ardfry Imaging PSD Codec, $25, which also includes support for Illustrator, InDesign, and other Adobe thumbnails. In addition to providing thumbnails, it ALSO lets Windows index the metadata associated with the files, which is handy for searching.

Other options are:

Mystic Thumbs (I can't vouch for this package, but it seems iffy. Free to $29 depending.)

Sagethumbs (Free)

One thing I like about Ardfry over the others is that it reads in the embedded thumbnail that's already included in AI, EPS, and INDD files.  (The other suites use GhostScript to reinterpret those files and generate a new thumbnail, which is unnecessary and I imagine slower.)

It just shows extra large Photoshop icons.

program Sagethumbs will help you