How to Enable Thumbnail View for Folders in Windows Explorer
ID: Q176882
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows 95
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Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows NT 4.0
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Microsoft Windows 98
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Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows 98
NOTE: The information in this article applies to Internet Explorer 5 users
only if the Windows Desktop Update component is installed. This component
is installed with Windows 98 or can be installed with Internet Explorer 4.
For information about adding or removing the Windows Desktop Update
component, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
Q165695
How to Add or Remove Windows Desktop Update
SUMMARY
This article describes how to enable Thumbnail view for folders in Windows
Explorer.
MORE INFORMATION
To enable Thumbnail view for a folder in Windows Explorer, follow these
steps:
- If you have not already done so, install the Windows Desktop Update
component. For information about how to do so, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q165695
How to Add or Remove Windows Desktop Update
- Right-click the folder for which you want to enable Thumbnail view, and
then click Properties.
- Click the Enable Thumbnail View check box to select it, and then click
OK.
To view the contents of a folder using Thumbnail view, open the folder for
which Thumbnail view is enabled, and then click Thumbnails on the View
menu. The image files in the folder are displayed as miniature versions of
the actual images in the right pane. The following are some of the file
types that can be displayed using Thumbnail view:
BMP (Windows Bitmap files)
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format files)
JPG, JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group files)
HTM, HTML (Hypertext Markup Language files)
Other file types may be displayed using Thumbnail view. Files that cannot
be displayed using Thumbnail view are displayed using their default icons.
Additional query words:
4.00 thumb nail mini small 5.00 5.0
Keywords : kbdisplay msiew95 msient msiew98
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto
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