Trying to 'hack' some folder thumbnail customization (help)

Ok, I'd like to start off by explaining my problem.

I loved the old way thumbnails displayed on folders in windows xp. I hate the way they display in windows 7. I've made some progress towards fixing it:





As you can see I managed to make the folder icon invisible. This is half-way towards what I want to be seeing.

Now all I need to do is get the thumbnail display to be flat and to take up the entire space of the folder, like in the picture.

So I think there must be some registry setting I can edit, or a file I can 'hack' with a resource editor to make this happen? Maybe I could trick windows into rendering folder thumbnails as if the folder was just a .jpg and not a folder?

why dont you convert the image you want to an icon and then change the folder to the icon ,like so.......

folder



folder with icon


content



you can convert an image online here

iConvert: Convert ico, icns, and png icons online for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux

or here

ConvertICO.com - Convert .PNG format files to .ICO or .ICO format files to .PNG : Windows 7 compatible icons

im not aware of a process that will get you that result, its possible there is a third party application that will do it but im dont know of one.