Lately, more than a few people have had trouble with missing file names in the thumbnail view of some of their folders. It isn’t entirely apparent why this happens, but fortunately the cure is pretty simple. If you are one of the poor souls who happens to be missing their file names, follow these steps:
You should now see thumbnails with file names under them.
Apparently this was added to Windows as a feature to allow the thumbnails to be displayed a little larger, so you can use this technique to toggle the file names on or off in thumbnail view.
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WOW!
that was easy thanks!
De nada!
Thanks you very much for this solution. I was already afraid of some virus doing this.
You can even have some fun with a friend or co-worker by fooling him with this trick and say his computer broke.
Thank you so much for the help. My big question is WHY? My folder has always displayed correctly and just suddenly seems to have an INTERMITTENT problem – Any ideas???
Thank You….This solution worked for me!
thank u sir
Not even Microsoft tech support site could help me on this. thanks!
thank you I thoughyt I would have to format
you’re a live saver
Oh my god, thank you!
This was an annoying ‘development’ and I didn’t know what had caused it. Thanks.
Just adding to the mass here a big thank you…