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Thumbnail preview in File Explorer


PSD file thumbnails displayed in File Explorer and opened in BandiView

BandiView enables thumbnail previews in File Explorer for the following image formats which are not natively supported by Windows: PSD, PSB, CLIP, EXR, SVG

To enable this feature, go to the app's Configuration (F5) > Context Menu, and select the filename extensions for which you want to enable thumbnail support.


BandiView Context Menu settings for thumbnail preview in Explorer

If thumbnails are not displayed

If thumbnail preview still do not appear in File Explorer after enabling the feature, try the following steps:

  • In Folder Options of File Explorer, disable "Always show icons, never thumbnails."

  • Folder Options View tab with Always show icons, never thumbnails unchecked

  • Also in Folder Options, disable "Launch folder windows in a separate precess."

  • Folder Options View tab with Launch folder windows in a separate process unchecked

  • Go to Windows Settings > System > Storage > Temporary files, and delete Thumbnails to clear the thumbnail cache.

  • Windows Storage temporary files with Thumbnails selected for deletion

Other things to try

If the above steps fail to fix the issues, try the following:

  • Completely uninstall BandiView, restart your computer, and install BandView again.
  • Thumbnails are cached in File Explorer. Make a copy of an existing image file and check whether the same issue persists with the new copy.
  • If files in a cloud storage (such as Google Drive or Dropbox) is set to online-only, the thumbnails cannot be displayed. Set the folder to "Make available offline" or disable the On-demand Sync feature in the client settings.