Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons on network folders

Disables the display of thumbnails on network folders in Windows Explorer.

Windows Explorer displays thumbnails on network folders by default.

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

Supported on: At least Windows Vista

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

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