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How to show thumbnails instead of icons?

Anonymous
2020-04-10T22:50:07+00:00

How do I show thumbnails instead of icons?  I have it configured under VIEW.  And also under PERFORMANCE OPTIONS.  However it doesn't work.  I still get icons and not thumbnails.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-10T23:08:38+00:00

    Hello tdehan, my name is Marco and I am an Independent Advisor. I will do my best to help you.

    Try this...

    -Press Windows key and type: gpedit

    then press " Enter "

    -In the left side of Group policy editor, click to expand User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components, then open File Explorer.

    -In the right pane, double-click on "Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons" to edit it.

    -To display thumbnails preview, select "Disable" option.

    Or

    -In the Windows start menu type: disk cleanup

    -Choose the hard drive where your OS is located ... Generally the C:

    -Under the "Disk Cleanup" tab, select the "Thumbnails" options and click OK.

    After confirming the deletion, you can close and re-open the files to check if it is fixed.

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