Thumbnails show a preview of folders or pictures so you can easily find what you’re looking for. They are enabled on Windows 7 by default, but if you can’t view thumbnails for files for some reason, here’s how to enable them.
Open Folder Options by going to Control Panel >> Folder Options.
Or, you can open Windows Explorer, press Alt and go to Tools >> Folder Options.
Click on View tab.
If you want to enable thumbnails, just uncheck Always show icon, never thumbnails option.
You can do the same thing in Windows 8. Use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + W to bring up the Settings search field. Type: Folder Options and hit Enter or click the Folder Options icon in the results.
Then check or uncheck Always Show Icons, Never Thumbnails.
Disabling thumbnails can improve the performance of your system. If there’s a lot of thumbnails in a folder, it takes time to load each one. Disabling them on an older computer or netbook is a good idea to navigate through the OS more quickly.
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Paul
thank you for this!!
Riad
thanks
mohammad
grateful
Surfer
Thank. Solved my problem.
Mr Kodok
thanks boss… good job
Timothy F
Nope! Tried again. Tried previously… still doesn’t show picture thumbnails.
C Hooper
I followed your instructions and I discovered the “always show icons never thumbnails” is already unchecked. Can you offer any more suggestions for getting back the thumbnails on Windows 7 desktop folders?
I would appreciate any suggestions you might have.
Thank you very much.
Cole
I have same problem, I guess no one has an answer for it.
Max
Thank you is an undervalue!