Folder Icons showing image contents

I presently have folder icons which show a standing, partially opened folder with the first two images in the folder appearing as pages in the folder (so you only see a small part of the image). But I recall having had in the past a flat, closed folder icon with he first 4 images of the folder showing on the front of the folder. Is the standing, partially opened folder a Windows 7 default or is it something I did (perhaps with a third party app?)? I would like to get the old icon back with the flat, closed folder so I can see better what is inside without having to open the folder. Could it be that I am remembering the way it was in XP?

Thanks for any advice!
Janet

No one has come up with a fix for that....:-(....? It's so much more practical to see four full photos instead of two very partial ones......

Brink said:

You might try one of the 3rd party Explorer substitute programs like the ones below to see if one may include that feature.

• FreeCommander
• Explorer++

Thanks, but I'm very happy with Windows Explorer and would not want to change just for that. Besides, I would think it highly unlikely that a 3rd party program would do this.