Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons.

Disables the display of thumbnails in Windows Explorer.

Windows Explorer displays thumbnails by default.

If you enable this policy setting, Windows Explorer will only display icons and never display thumbnails.

Supported on: At least Windows Vista

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value NameDisableThumbnails
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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