Icons Do Not Show a Thumbnail of my Photographs

[Brian Maskell]

I have a lot of photographs on my Vista computer. When I try to find a
photograph ina folder the icon does not show me what the photograph looks
like. It is just a generic mountain and lake scene for every picture. How can
I turn on the actual picture to be depicted in the icon of the file?
Thank you for your help.
Brian Maskell

 

[Brian Maskell]

Thank you Bob. This did the trick.

Tools>Folder Options. On the View tab uncheck Always show icons, never
thumbnails.

 

[Ramesh Srinivasan]

The Menu bar is hidden by default. Hold the ALT key and press T to access
the "Tools" menu.

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Only I have no tools or options showing. It's very strange.

My menu choices are organize, view, explore, slide show, email, share,
and burn. This is when I have the folders set to properties>customize>
folder type template> pictures and videos.

I've tried right clicking on the folder an don the menu area and can
not get tools anywhere. Can someone please explain further?

 

[Godiva500]

Thank you all - it should show them by default - it was driving me mad as well.