How to Enable Thumbnail View for Folders in Windows Explorer

ID: Q176882

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows NT 4.0

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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q165695
   TITLE     : 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:

1. 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:

      ARTICLE-ID: Q165695
      TITLE     : How to Add or Remove Windows Desktop Update

2. Right-click the folder for which you want to enable Thumbnail view, and

   then click Properties.

3. 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:4.0,4.01,5.0,98
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: March 18, 1999