: Show Preview of .psd files in Windows 7's Explorer I was wondering if there is a way to view a preview in the icon of the photoshop files in windows 7(simmilar to the preview of a jpeg

@Murphy569

I know this is an old post, but for anyone who runs PS under Windows, this app is a godsend for viewing not only PSD files, but all PS presets, inside and outside of Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. I've been using it for the last few years, and to me, it's indispensable. www.tumasoft.com/

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@Sherry646

I found the solution that works for me - Windows 7, 64bit, Photoshop CS2.
I downloaded an older Photoshop 7 free trial. Both 7 and 8 are freely and legally available from many websites.
The trial doesn't even open on my windows 7 but by installing the older version, all the code to view psd thumbs on your computer is installed in the background. This Includes thumbs view in IE and Photoshop.
Here is a simple way to get thumbs to view after you install a free trial of PS: Begin by opening your files from your normal Photoshop and wait for all the psd's thumbs to view. Once all your thumbs are visible in all of your folders opened in Photoshop. IE will now recognizes them also.
Tip: If you use C Cleaner to clean your computer from time to time. Open C Cleaner, go to Applications/Windows explorer and un-tick Thumbnail Cache check box. Saves repeating the whole ordeal of re-opening thumbs in Photoshop after cleaning.
Even after the trial expires, Thumbs continue to work. The code is there.

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@Shelley591

There is a project called SageThumbs. It's A Windows Explorer extension allowing to preview many image formats:

It's AWESOME! almost perfect :)

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@Twilah924

Windows is not able to show PSD thumbnails by default.

However, I managed get it working with using a DLL file.

Mind you that fiddling with DLL files is VERY dangerous. It may cause your computer to crash or even may damage your Windows installation altogether.

So please follow the tutorial if you are absolutely sure what you are doing and don't even try if you're not!

And apparently this will not work on 64bit computers.
www.techyard.net/enable-thumbnail-view-for-psd-files-in-windows-explorer/

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@Samaraweera207

In Photoshop, if Image Previews is set to Always Save (under File Handling in Preferences), then Photoshop will generate a composite image of your document when it is saved. This is used to show a preview by OS X in QuickLook and other apps. It's quite likely Windows 7 is the same as OS X, and will require Image Previews to view the previews in Explorer.

However, if Image Previews is set to Never Save, then your PSDs will not contain previews and they won’t be able to be viewed by QuickLook, Preview, TextEdit or other OS X apps.

For the setting to take effect, you may have to save your document to a new location with Save As, rather than just using Save.

Saving image previews will make your PSDs bigger. Choose wisely.

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