How to Turn Off and Disable Thumbnail Preview in Vista
Windows Vista creates and generates a preview thumbnail for almost every file which the file format is supported when the file is been viewed in Windows Explorer, regardless view type selected, including photos, pictures, videos, documents, etc. The Extra Large Icons, Large Icons, Medium Icons and Tiles view will show the thumbnails of the files, while Small Icons, List and Details view does not. However, when users open a folder in Windows Explorer, no matter which file view option selected, the system will start preview thumbnails generation process, with a green progress indicator sliding across the address bar to indicate the percentage completed.
The creation of thumbnail for quick previewing of files or images in Explorer slows down the other file operations and severely affect overall computer performance, especially when on initial viewing of folder containing thousands of videos, movies, graphics, photos and other media, as Vista system will access each and every files to generate the thumbnails. Thus, by disabling the thumbnail previewing feature in Windows Explorer will speed up access to the folder and increase system response time especially when have to browse back and forth between multiple folders.
- Click on the Start button, then on All Programs, follow by Accessories.
- Run Windows Explorer.
- In Windows Explorer window, click on Organize button on the menu/shortcut bar.
- In the pull down menu, click on Folder and Search Options.
- Folder Options dialog window will appear. Click on View tab.
- Under the Files and Folders tree heading, check (tick) the checkbox next to Always show icons, never thumbnails option.
- Click the OK button.
The Windows Vista Explorer will no longer generate and create any thumbnail when viewing a folder in any type of views. This trick is especially useful for users who need to copy or move files between folders to perform the task faster.
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April 2nd, 2009 01:35
Thank you very much. Been trying to do this for a while
December 15th, 2008 11:25
Thanks, i was trying to do the exactly opposed to this, and finally i could do it.
November 7th, 2008 13:34
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November 1st, 2008 21:38
Its really helpful thank you
October 29th, 2008 03:00
Thank you !!!!
September 1st, 2008 03:56
Fixed!!
I loaded 2 worship presentation software packages this week and lost my thumbnail view.
Everyone else on the net got way too deep, when
it was a simple check box in my view tab.
Thanks!!!
Jeff
May 25th, 2008 09:04
Is there any way you can do this for only certain types of files? I quite like being able to see my image files, but my PC takes ages to load thumbnails for video, and they’re not saved after the first go – every time I go into the directories in question (at least first time after a reboot) it takes 5 minutes!
April 1st, 2008 05:18
MY HERO!!!!!!!
September 16th, 2007 15:53
once the thumbnails are created for the first time (a few seconds) the thumbnails loading is very fast. I would never disable it
September 16th, 2007 10:46
Yes..finally it works thanks for your article….
September 15th, 2007 22:47
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