Changing Thumbnail Size and Quality in Xp

Windows Vista has an option to increase or decrease your thumbnail size, but Xp doesn’t. So what, we have registry to play with and do the desired. Yes, with some registry editing you can change the thumbnail size of windows too. Follow them to get your desired size and quality.

1. Go to Start –> Run, type Regedit.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer
3. Create a new DWORD value named “ThumbnailSize“.
4. You can value it between 32 to 256.

To Set the Quality Level:

5. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer
6. Create a new DWORD value named “ThumbnailQuality“.
7. You can value it between 50 to 100.

You might not get the desired results at once, and as it is a immediate result, you can play with it, But be carefull.