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How To Increase the Size of Thumbnails

If you’re using Windows XP, viewing pictures as thumbnails in Windows Explorer can be a drag, since they’re kinda small.

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Here’s a relatively simple way of increasing them.

Download MIcrosoft’s own free utility called Tweak UI. Here’s the link: http://is.gd/a1Qc

Once it’s installed, launch it, expand the Explorer branch and click on Thumbnails.

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In the Thumbnail box, enter a figure between 96 and 256 (the bigger the number, the bigger the size of the thumbnail.)

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(You can also alter the quality of the thumbnail image  via the slider above it.)

Click on Apply.

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Test out your new setting by opening My Pictures or another folder with images in it. You may have to close the folder if it’s already open and then re-open it to see the settings. (The images can include PDFS, or Adobe Acrobat files, by the way.)

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Tweak the settings until you’re happy.

(With thanks to Aseem Kishore of Online Tech Tips)

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One Response

  1. Mike says:

    Thanks alot, this the easiest way to control the size of thumbnails that is what i was looking for and it could not be easier than this grat explanation thanks again.

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