Increasing size of thumbnails in W 8 in Windows Explorer

Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the choice of size
for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 01:11:00 -0500, "R.H. Breener"
wrote:

Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the choice of size
for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

Select the folder and press Ctrl-Shift-1 for large thumbnails, or
Ctrl-Shift-2 or Ctrl-Shift-3 for smaller thumbnails.

You can see this info by hovering your mouse over the thumbnail/details
selector in the lower right corner of the Explorer window. You can also
access the folder options by going to the View menu, then selecting Options.
There are a few other ways to get there, as well.

R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

The option is available in Win8x.
- look on the File Explorer ribbon's View Tab and choose the icon size
for the thumbnail

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

""...winston‫"" wrote in message
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R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

The option is available in Win8x.
- look on the File Explorer ribbon's View Tab and choose the icon size
for the thumbnail

--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps


Got it, thanks. I have to wonder why MS feels all these changes are
improvements.

R.H. Breener wrote:

""...winston‫"" wrote in message
...
R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

The option is available in Win8x.
- look on the File Explorer ribbon's View Tab and choose the icon
size for the thumbnail

--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps


Got it, thanks. I have to wonder why MS feels all these changes are
improvements.

What was you last o/s ?
- the option has been around for some time

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

Wolf K wrote:
On 2015-02-24 1:11 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

Install Classic Shell or Start8, they give you back the Win7 GUI with
all the bells and whistles.

FWIW, I've used both, and bought the Start8+ModernMix bundle. ModernMix
gives you the standard windows, resizable, movable, with title and menu
bars, etc.

HTH

ClassicShell and Start8 resize thumbnails in the File Explorer window rt
hand pane ????

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

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R.H. Breener wrote:

""...winston‫"" wrote in message
...
R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

The option is available in Win8x.
- look on the File Explorer ribbon's View Tab and choose the icon
size for the thumbnail

--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps


Got it, thanks. I have to wonder why MS feels all these changes are
improvements.

What was you last o/s ?
- the option has been around for some time

My Laptop, that I'm on right now, for when on the road, is Vista bought back
in 2008. The desktop at home is W7. I always used the select button on the
upper bar or ribbon to choose thumbnail size.


--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps

On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 22:06:30 -0500, "R.H. Breener"
wrote:


"Wolf K" wrote in message
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On 2015-02-24 1:11 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

Install Classic Shell or Start8, they give you back the Win7 GUI with all
the bells and whistles.

Oh yeah, I know about ClassicShell. I have it on my W7 at home and was one
of the first things installed on W8, which went back to the store. Those
tiles on W8 are the pits.


FWIW, I've used both, and bought the Start8+ModernMix bundle. ModernMix
gives you the standard windows, resizable, movable, with title and menu
bars, etc.

I assume you make your own PC or LT? When you buy a Dell or HP or anything
off the shelf the OS is already installed so you get no choice.


You certainly *do* have a choice. The programs he's talking about
(ClassicShell, Start8, ModernMix) are all add-ons to Windows. They can
easily be added to off-the-shelf Dell or HP machines (or anything else
running a version of Windows they support).

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 22:06:30 -0500, "R.H. Breener"
wrote:


"Wolf K" wrote in message
...
On 2015-02-24 1:11 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

Install Classic Shell or Start8, they give you back the Win7 GUI with
all
the bells and whistles.

Oh yeah, I know about ClassicShell. I have it on my W7 at home and was
one
of the first things installed on W8, which went back to the store. Those
tiles on W8 are the pits.


FWIW, I've used both, and bought the Start8+ModernMix bundle. ModernMix
gives you the standard windows, resizable, movable, with title and menu
bars, etc.

I assume you make your own PC or LT? When you buy a Dell or HP or
anything
off the shelf the OS is already installed so you get no choice.


You certainly *do* have a choice. The programs he's talking about
(ClassicShell, Start8, ModernMix) are all add-ons to Windows. They can
easily be added to off-the-shelf Dell or HP machines (or anything else
running a version of Windows they support).

I looked up "Start8+ModernMix bundle" but can't find any screen shots of it.
You mean it make 8.1 work like W7? I don't want something worse than I have
now. ClassicShell has not given me back what's lost from W7.

R.H. Breener wrote:

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 22:06:30 -0500, "R.H. Breener"
wrote:


"Wolf K" wrote in message
...
On 2015-02-24 1:11 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the
choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

Install Classic Shell or Start8, they give you back the Win7 GUI
with all
the bells and whistles.

Oh yeah, I know about ClassicShell. I have it on my W7 at home and
was one
of the first things installed on W8, which went back to the store.
Those
tiles on W8 are the pits.


FWIW, I've used both, and bought the Start8+ModernMix bundle.
ModernMix
gives you the standard windows, resizable, movable, with title and
menu
bars, etc.

I assume you make your own PC or LT? When you buy a Dell or HP or
anything
off the shelf the OS is already installed so you get no choice.


You certainly *do* have a choice. The programs he's talking about
(ClassicShell, Start8, ModernMix) are all add-ons to Windows. They can
easily be added to off-the-shelf Dell or HP machines (or anything else
running a version of Windows they support).

I looked up "Start8+ModernMix bundle" but can't find any screen shots of
it. You mean it make 8.1 work like W7? I don't want something worse
than I have now. ClassicShell has not given me back what's lost from W7.

Nothing restores Win8x to exactly what exists in Win7.

Behavioral adaptation is inevitable and necessary.

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

""...winston‫"" wrote in message
...
R.H. Breener wrote:

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 22:06:30 -0500, "R.H. Breener"
wrote:


"Wolf K" wrote in message
...
On 2015-02-24 1:11 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in
Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the
choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

Install Classic Shell or Start8, they give you back the Win7 GUI
with all
the bells and whistles.

Oh yeah, I know about ClassicShell. I have it on my W7 at home and
was one
of the first things installed on W8, which went back to the store.
Those
tiles on W8 are the pits.


FWIW, I've used both, and bought the Start8+ModernMix bundle.
ModernMix
gives you the standard windows, resizable, movable, with title and
menu
bars, etc.

I assume you make your own PC or LT? When you buy a Dell or HP or
anything
off the shelf the OS is already installed so you get no choice.


You certainly *do* have a choice. The programs he's talking about
(ClassicShell, Start8, ModernMix) are all add-ons to Windows. They can
easily be added to off-the-shelf Dell or HP machines (or anything else
running a version of Windows they support).

I looked up "Start8+ModernMix bundle" but can't find any screen shots of
it. You mean it make 8.1 work like W7? I don't want something worse
than I have now. ClassicShell has not given me back what's lost from W7.

Nothing restores Win8x to exactly what exists in Win7.

Behavioral adaptation is inevitable and necessary.

It's a bitch to pay $1,000 for a computer and have problems right out of the
box - not once but twice. The Dell with W8 lost the DVD drive and had to be
returned.

I've seen it more than a few places that W8 with touchscreen and tiles
wasn't meant for computers - it was meant for Tablets. Arms get exhausted
in minutes reaching over a keyboard using touchscreen. MS could have let us
PC owners stay with an OS better suited for us, and let the Tablet people
have something like W8 where it's held in a lap. I still have to try and
get WindowsMail to work on 8.1, more frustration. Just blowing off steam
here.... I hate to see W going down the tubes.


--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps

On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 09:12:26 -0500, R.H. Breener wrote:

""...winston‫"" wrote in message
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R.H. Breener wrote:

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 22:06:30 -0500, "R.H. Breener"
wrote:


"Wolf K" wrote in message
...
On 2015-02-24 1:11 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in
Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the
choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

Install Classic Shell or Start8, they give you back the Win7 GUI
with all
the bells and whistles.

Oh yeah, I know about ClassicShell. I have it on my W7 at home and
was one
of the first things installed on W8, which went back to the store.
Those
tiles on W8 are the pits.


FWIW, I've used both, and bought the Start8+ModernMix bundle.
ModernMix
gives you the standard windows, resizable, movable, with title and
menu
bars, etc.

I assume you make your own PC or LT? When you buy a Dell or HP or
anything
off the shelf the OS is already installed so you get no choice.


You certainly *do* have a choice. The programs he's talking about
(ClassicShell, Start8, ModernMix) are all add-ons to Windows. They can
easily be added to off-the-shelf Dell or HP machines (or anything else
running a version of Windows they support).

I looked up "Start8+ModernMix bundle" but can't find any screen shots of
it. You mean it make 8.1 work like W7? I don't want something worse
than I have now. ClassicShell has not given me back what's lost from W7.

Nothing restores Win8x to exactly what exists in Win7.

Behavioral adaptation is inevitable and necessary.

It's a bitch to pay $1,000 for a computer and have problems right out of the
box - not once but twice. The Dell with W8 lost the DVD drive and had to be
returned.

I've seen it more than a few places that W8 with touchscreen and tiles
wasn't meant for computers - it was meant for Tablets. Arms get exhausted
in minutes reaching over a keyboard using touchscreen.

Nothing prevents you from using the mouse as before.

MS could have let us
PC owners stay with an OS better suited for us, and let the Tablet people
have something like W8 where it's held in a lap. I still have to try and
get WindowsMail to work on 8.1, more frustration. Just blowing off steam
here.... I hate to see W going down the tubes.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 03:58:32 -0500, "R.H. Breener"
wrote:

I looked up "Start8+ModernMix bundle" but can't find any screen shots of it.
You mean it make 8.1 work like W7? I don't want something worse than I have
now. ClassicShell has not given me back what's lost from W7.

You can see a picture of the Start8 menu installed on Windows10TP at
http://tinypic.com/r/nv8wmu/8

Two changes from W7 menu:

1. "Games" is a new menu item.
2. "This PC" has replaced the item previously labelled "Computer".

The Start8 menu is the same on Win 8.1 and Win10TP.

Degree of difficulty changing from W7 to W8.1 with Start8 menu - 0

On 2/24/2015 3:50 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:

""...winston‫"" wrote in message
...
R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

The option is available in Win8x.
- look on the File Explorer ribbon's View Tab and choose the icon
size for the thumbnail

--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps


Got it, thanks. I have to wonder why MS feels all these changes are
improvements.

Did you read/hear/watch somewhere that MS said that "all these changes"
on W8 was an improvement over Windows Pick Your Choice?

On 2/28/2015 10:06 PM, R.H. Breener wrote:

"Wolf K" wrote in message
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On 2015-02-24 1:11 AM, R.H. Breener wrote:
Can someone tell me how to increase the size of thumbnails in Windows
Explorer in W 8? There is no View in W 8. Did MS remove the choice of
size for Thumbnails in WindowsExp?

Install Classic Shell or Start8, they give you back the Win7 GUI with
all the bells and whistles.

Oh yeah, I know about ClassicShell. I have it on my W7 at home

Huh???