Enable Thumbnail View For PSD Files In Windows Explorer
In the latest versions of Adobe Photoshop with the inclusion of Adobe Bridge the thumbnail view of PSD files within the windows explorer is no more present, This can be really difficult if you intent to see preview of the file you need to open the Adobe Bridge inorder to view the preview, which consumes a lot of RAM.
Another way is to restore the the thumbnail view for the PSD files within explorer.
Here’s how to restore thumbnails for PSD in explorer
The psd thumbnail view is not included by design in the lastest version of photoshop. To restore this feature follow these steps:
1. Download psicon.dll
2. Place the DLL in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Shell\
3. Thumbnail previews of PSD files are now back
The psicon.dll can be downloaded from here.
Update : Also Read Latest App : SageThumbs – To Preview Thumbnails Of Images ( Including PSD ) In Windows Explorer and Context Menu.
NOTE : Do Backup Your Data, registry and create a restore point just in case anything goes wrong.
If your using Windows 7, try this method.
- First, you need to download the necessary PSD Thumbnail Shell DLL file.
- UnZip and copy the file to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Shell\ (if it doesn’t exist yet, create it).
- Download and run this registry file. It will add the necessary changes to your registry to allow the Shell to access the new Adobe DLL.
- Restart your system to see the changes.
Download Required PSD Thumbnail Shell and DLL file registry file from[Source : Cha2e.com]
walter koessler
Jul 07, 2008 @ 12:43:30
Hi,
that would solve a big problem for me.
But does it also work in Vista?
Where is “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Shell\” in Vista –
please forgive me this question, but I cannot find it…
I´d really appreciate if you could help me
and: is there a way to get image fox working under vista or is there
a similar program available, because I really miss a preview in the
open/save_as Dialog box in Photoshop
Thank you very much in advance
all the best
Walter
Avinash
Jul 07, 2008 @ 18:06:34
@walter koessler: You can try this program http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista/PhotoshopPreviewHandler.aspx to enable PSD File preview in Vista.
ihsanberahim
Nov 30, 2008 @ 12:45:08
i ca’t found the Shell folder in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe
Avinash
Nov 30, 2008 @ 13:45:57
@ihsanberahim: try creating a folder Shell and place the file, else you can try out the http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista/PhotoshopPreviewHandler.aspx Photoshop Preview Handler tool.
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ahseed
Jan 21, 2010 @ 21:09:11
hi
i tried it on XP and vista it works well
but it no longer in “7″
Avinash
Jan 21, 2010 @ 22:15:54
@asheed – I’ve added to the post on how you can enable PSD Preview in Windows 7.Do let us know if it was helpful.
jim
Feb 07, 2010 @ 02:04:09
It does not work with windows 7 please help
Peter
Apr 19, 2010 @ 06:28:24
Downloaded “psicon.dll”.
Replaced present “psicon.dll” with downloaded version in the Shell folder.
( C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Shell\ )
To no avail, thumbnails are still not visible!!!
That means back to the sloooow way via Bridge!
Chris Lorensson
Jul 28, 2010 @ 18:06:09
didn’t work for me either in Vista / CS4
pat
Oct 10, 2010 @ 07:04:06
did not work with w7x64
Don Gagen
Nov 16, 2010 @ 07:00:29
If you are using Window 7 64 don’t waste your time with this. It will not work.
Really wishing the Thumbview guys had something for Windows 7. It worked for almost every image format imaginable and it was free.
Garos
Feb 15, 2011 @ 21:49:56
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