Change the size of the Thumbnail Picture

There is a way easy way of changing the size of the Thumbnail that are displayed on Windows XP.

Change the size of the Thumbnail Picture:-

1. Click on START

2. Click on Run

3. Type regedit and press enter

4. Navigate the following key:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer

5. Create a new "DWORD" name it ThumbnailSize and hit enter.

6. Now double click the value and enter the value between 32 to 256 (ignore any other options). A larger number will relate to a larger thumbnail.

7. Close registry.

8. Restart Computer.

9. Open My Picture (Or any other picture folder) and set the view as thumbail.

10. See the effect and enjoy.....

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Creating Your Own Icon

It is easy to create your own icon, just pick a bitmap (.bmp) file and change its extension to .ico.

To do so, open the Windows Explorer, click on the View menu (or Tools in WinMe), click Folder Options, click View tab, remove the check on the "Hide file extensions for known files types" option, and then click OK.

Select a bitmap file, press F2 key, and then change its extension to .ico.

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