Comments on: Preview thumbnails in Windows Explorer

By: Windows Server 2008 R2 act as Windows 7 | Mohamed Abdeen Blog

Windows Server 2008 R2 act as Windows 7 | Mohamed Abdeen Blog — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:02:58 +0000

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By: Bits and Bytes – July 7, 2009 - Michael Blumenthal Blog

Bits and Bytes – July 7, 2009 - Michael Blumenthal Blog — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:38:22 +0000

[...] Next, I run Windows 2008 Server Enterprise on my laptop so I can use HyperV. I’ve got the Desktop Experience feature turned on so it has the Vista user experience, but I noticed that I was not getting previews nor thumbnails of JPEG files. The solution is here. http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/2008/06/15/preview-thumbnails-in-windows-explorer/ [...]

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:06:12 +0000

This should enable thumbnails via registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "IconsOnly"=dword:00000000 Arris: Thanks, added this to the Registry Tweaks page!

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:04:37 +0000

super, thx 4 this

By: Ronsan

Ronsan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:10:41 +0000

Thanks for this!

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My Blog » Blog Archive » Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation???? — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:01:18 +0000

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By: KeyoMall

KeyoMall — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:31:48 +0000

Grrr !!! its very simple !!! 10x men !!!

By: Scotty

Scotty — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:34:43 +0000

Hi,

thanks for the wonderful tutorials in this site.

Concerning this page, I should notice I run Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and I could see the previews of media files and pictures right after enabling Aero.

Still, this is very good info. Keep up!

Arris: I’m glad you like the tutorials! I think you see the thumbnails directly because Windows chooses to do so, probably because it thinks your pc is fast enough for that.

By: harb

harb — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:49:06 +0000

excelent…..thanks

By: Charles Sarrazin

Charles Sarrazin — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:32:15 +0000

I had the same problem. This issue was fixed by going in the Explorer Folder Options, then selecting the View tab, and deselecting the option “Always show icons, never thumbnails”.

Hope it will fix your problem too

By: Arnold Lara

Arnold Lara — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:52:46 +0000

Please indicate if the nice Vista desktop environment and style is available for this server 2008

THKS

By: Obliviant

Obliviant — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:39:27 +0000

Hate to say it.. but that only works for the Administrator. A standard user still only sees the icons. Just like there is no details-pane at the bottom of Explorer and the menu stays visible.
Hopefully just some policy setting that I haven’t seen yet

Admin: Just tried using Thumbnails as a normal user, but it just works. Click to see the proof. In the cmd.exe window you see the commands ‘net user Sjakie’ and ‘whoami’ executed. I don’t know what the problem could be in your case…

By: Robert Plant

Robert Plant — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:14:38 +0000

Just a quick hint mate
In SystemPropertiesPerformance you enable this feature systemwide
after that you can alter this setting in every folder separately
through folder options there is an option :
Always show icons, never thumbnails
which i guess shows up after you have enabled it in system properties
if checked it does the exact oppposite thing of what you mentioned
for the specified folder
nice and easy trick to enable just the thumbnails you want

Admin: Thanks for this additional information!