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How to turn off thumbnail previews in Vista

If you want to turn on or off the thumbnail preview in Vista, here's how to do that. Go to the Control Panel and select "Folder Options" and then "View". You will see an option labeled "Always show icons, never thumbnails" with a checkbox next to it. If you check the box, this will turn off the thumbnail previews in Vista. If you want the thumbnail previews back, uncheck this box.
Rating: 100% positive, 2 total Votes
Categories: windows Vista desktop customization
Added: on Mar 31, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Added By: an anonymous user
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