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by: Avinne February 20, 2013 12:34 PM PST

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How can I get pictures as thumbnails not folder icons?

by Avinne - 2/20/13 12:34 PM

I have a newer Toshiba laptop running Windows 7 Home edition. When I open my pictures it shows a folder of pictures, the when I open the folder I have a list of irfanview icons and I would like to see thumbnails of the pictures. When I use the options on upper right, where it has a list of small,med.etc., tiles list what ever. No matter what I choose I do not get the thumbnails. Can you help

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Performance Tools

by sunwatcher - 2/20/13 1:41 PM

In Reply to: How can I get pictures as thumbnails not folder icons? by Avinne

Try this:

- Open the Control Panel
- In the upper right search box, type "performance"
- Click on "Performance Information and Tools"
- In the left panel, select "Adjust visual effects"
- Find "Show thumbnails instead of icons" and check the box
- Select "Apply", then "OK"

Hopefully this should fix your problem.


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WORKED LIKE A CHARM

by Avinne - 2/22/13 5:22 AM

In Reply to: Performance Tools by sunwatcher

Thank you so much. I followed the steps exactly and I now have thumbnails. I do appreciate the help and thank you again for your time.


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TRUE!

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 2/20/13 12:47 PM

In Reply to: How can I get pictures as thumbnails not folder icons? by Avinne

I had this happen to me and my folder of 18 MegaPixel RAW images did that. IrfanView was able to read such but Windows 7 could not until I installed my camera's "RAW DRIVER."

Tell more!
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NOT TRUE

by Avinne - 2/20/13 1:09 PM

In Reply to: TRUE! by R. Proffitt Moderator

Every picture is shown as an icon, I mean ones transferred from cameras, other computers, flashdrives, all of them.Changing something on a camera is not going to solve my problem. But thank you, by the way I am not very computer savy, so keep it simple. I would like to add, I have 3 other computers and the pictures are all displayed as thumbnails there.


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I shared where it happened to me.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 2/20/13 1:14 PM

In Reply to: NOT TRUE by Avinne

I shared why it happened as well. I didn't change something on my camera but as Windows 7 could not understand the new photo's I had to install something to help Windows out.

Here's an article for you to catch up on this.

http://techreport.com/news/21357/microsoft-adds-raw-preview-support-to-windows-7

Maybe your pictures are working on the other PC because it's up to date?
Bob


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