How To Change Thumbnail Size And Quality

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If any of you out there like to use the thumbnail view, especially for browsing through photos and images, it can become a bit of a drain on your system. It is possible to lower the thumbnail size and quality by editing the following registry keys.


Open the registry and navigate to :


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer


Create a new DWORD value called ThumbnailSize, and set the value between 32 and 256.


And/or create another DWORD value called ThumbnailQuality, and set the value between 50 and 100.


Key Details :


USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer]

Value Name: ThumbnailSize

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Data Value: 32 - 256


USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer]

Value Name: ThumbnailQuality

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Data Value: 50 - 100

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