Icons instead of Thumbnails?


  1. Nic182
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Icons instead of Thumbnails?


    So I've been seeing this instead of like a thumbnail of the beginning of the video. It gets kind of annoying. Can you please help?
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  3. derekimo
    Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
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    Welcome to the forum,

    This should help you with that,

    Thumbnail Previews - Enable or Disable
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  4. boohbah
    Posts : 14,606
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600
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    i would try
    clicking organize /folders and search options/view tab then make sure the box to show icons not thumbnails is unchecked. it depends on the filetype,you may need a third party software to display mkv and avi and more.
    if the issue is the filetype then you could install icaros

    |MG| Icaros 2.0.0 Download
    if you install icaros then when you open the software you can add this list to it to ensure these filetypes display their thumbs...

    .mkv, .0gm, ,3g2, .3gp, .3gpp, ,avi, ,divç evo, .f4v, fly, hdmov,
    .k3g, .m2p, ,mp2, ,m2v, .m4v, mod, ,mov, mpg, mpeg. ,m4p,
    .mp4, .mp4v, .ogv, .qt, ,rm, .rmm, rrrìvb, .tp, .m2ts, .ts, ,mts, .vob,
    .webm
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