Windows xp bigger thumbnails

This will only change it for one user as well, so if other people use your machine, it will not affect them. Keep in mind that if the thumbnails are getting made bigger than they should they may distort after a certain size. We will be modifying the registry to make this change.

This is the default view of the registry. Click the expand button the plus signs next to the proper keys to navigate to the following key:. Once you are there, click on Explorer instead of click the expand sign in the left pane and the right pane will fill up with keys.

You editor should now look like the above picture. Look for a key called ThumbnailSize. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. This will open the Windows Registry Editor.

Select decimal value and enter teh value you want. Click OK. See the image below. Expand the Explorer branch and click on Thumbnail. Righ hand side you can change the thumbnail size and the Image quality.

Click Apply and then OK. See the screen shot below. That size is simply not large enough, especially for anyone with vision problems! Previously, I had written about a cool little utility that you can get for free from Microsoft called Tweak UI that lets you modify and tweak a bunch of Windows XP settings. Using this program, we can quickly and easily change the default 96 pixels size of thumbnails to something more visible. After you have opened the program, click on Explorer from the left hand menu and then click on Thumbnails.

Change the default size from 96 to something higher. In my case, I chose Also, make sure to keep the Image Quality closer to high so that the thumbnails look nice.

Of course, it will take more resources when browsing pictures, but if you have a fairly new computer, it should not be a problem. Now when you browse through your photos in My Pictures or anywhere where you have thumbnails turned on, you should see something like this:. Now that is much better! The second method for changing the thumbnail size is to modify the registry. If you decide to use the registry hack, then you can change the size of the thumbnails on Windwos XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 since the same hacks works for all these versions.

The only clear advantage to using the registry hack at all in Windows Vista and higher is if you want to use a custom size for the thumbnails. You can adjust the size by moving the slider in Windows 7. In Windows 8, the Explorer interface has change a little bit and Microsoft removed the whole slider option. Instead, you have to click on the View tab and there you will see the same options in the Layout box.