File and folder names are missing in Thumbnail View.
This is a feature that allows for more thumbnails to be displayed on the
screen at one time.
If the file and folder names are not displayed in a folder that is set for
Thumbnail view. Right click that folder, hold down the Shift key and click
on Open. The file and folder names should now be displayed.
Conversely, you can right click a folder that is set for Thumbnail view,
hold down the Shift key and click on Open. If the file and folder names
were displayed, they won't be now.
You can also change this with an open folder that is set for Thumbnail view.
With the folder open, click View and change it to anything, except
Thumbnails. Now, hold down the Shift key, click View and click Thumbnails.
The file and folder names should now be displayed.
Conversely, with the folder open, click View and change it to anything,
except Thumbnails. Now, hold down the Shift key, click View and click
Thumbnails. File and folder names should not be displayed now.
On my machine in Full Screen view (F11) without Common Tasks or the Folders
pane showing, I can get six columns and five full rows to display without
the names. I can get six columns and four full rows to display with the
names. That is 30 thumbnails displayed without the names compared to 24
thumbnails displayed with the names. Depending on what you're doing, this
can have its advantages.
[[To turn off filenames, hold down the Shift key when you click to open a
folder in Windows Explorer or when you switch into thumbnail view. This will
turn of the file names, giving more space for the thumbnails. Doing it again
turns them back on.]]
from...
Tips and Tricks for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/tips/default.mspx#ECD
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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