Turn On or Off Thumbnail Display on Network Folders in Vista

Turn On or Off Thumbnail Display on Network Folders in Vista

There is a new Policy setting in Windows Vista which allows you disable the display of thumbnails on network folders in Windows Explorer.

In Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions, you can use the Group Policy Editor to configure this setting.

Disable Thumbnail display on Network folders

1. Click Start, type gpedit.msc and press ENTER
2. Go to the following branch:
User Configuration Administrative Templates Windows Components Windows Explorer
3. Double-click the following option and set it to Enabled
Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons on network folders
4. Click OK.

If you enable this policy, Windows Explorer will only display icons and never display thumbnails on network folders.