user settings

Windows 11 features a modern File Explorer that displays thumbnails for quick previews of files, folders, documents, images, and videos, which can speed up file location but may slow browsing speeds due to the need to scan and render previews. To manage thumbnail previews in File Explorer: 1. Open File Explorer. 2. Click "See more" and choose Options. 3. Click the View tab. - To disable: Check "Always show icons, never thumbnails." - To enable: Clear "Always show icons, never thumbnails." 4. Click Apply, then OK. To manage thumbnail previews through Settings: 1. Open Settings. 2. Click on System, then the About page. 3. Click Advanced system settings. 4. Click the Advanced tab, then Settings under "Performance." 5. Click the Visual Effects tab. - To disable: Clear "Show thumbnails instead of icons." - To enable: Check "Show thumbnails instead of icons." 6. Click Apply, then OK. To control thumbnail previews via Group Policy: 1. Open Start, search for gpedit, and open the Group Policy Editor. 2. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer. 3. Right-click "Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons" and select Edit. - To disable: Choose Enabled. - To enable: Choose Not configured. 4. Click Apply, then OK. To use the Registry to disable or re-enable thumbnail previews: 1. Open Start, search for regedit, and open the Registry Editor. 2. Navigate to HKEYCURRENTUSERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer. 3. Right-click the Explorer key, select New, and choose DWORD (32-bit) Value. 4. Name it DisableThumbnails and press Enter. 5. Right-click the DWORD, select Modify, and change the value from 0 to 1. 6. Repeat for HKEYLOCALMACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer. 7. Restart the computer for changes to take effect. To revert, change the DWORD value back to 0.