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Enable Thumbnails For PSD Files

Recently, I really got frustrated when I needed a quick preview of a PSD file, and the folder where it was saved was full of PSD files. I needed the file urgently. Then, I ended up opening each file manually to see what it was. Later, after I got through my work. I Googled some ways to overcome this problem in the future.

Adobe Bridge is good, and can be used to view what’s in the PSD file, but it eats half of my RAM, so I usually ignore it. After Googling for about an hour, I was finally able to have thumbnails instead of those blue feathers.

How To Enable Thumbnails For PSD Files

If you think this is going to be a long procedure, then you are wrong. It won’t even take 5 minutes to set up your PSD files to show the preview thumbnails. Simple follow the steps below.

First, make a quick backup of your system using System Restore. And backup your registry too!

1. Download psicon.dll from here (it’s a zip file)

2. Unzip it anywhere in your PC (You should have 3 files. psicon.dll, psicon.dll.reg and read me.txt)

3. Copy the psicon.dll to the following path:

C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeShell

Remember, you might need to create the Shell folder, in Adobe directory.

4. After copying, execute the psicon.dll.reg file.

5. Click OK, for the info window that pops up to tell us that the registry key has been copied.

Done. See, no more than 5 minutes! ;)

Go to any folder containing PSD files, and choose Thumbnails from the View menu. You should now be able to view the thumbnails for PSD files, just as you see thumbnails of images.

I hope you enjoyed this trick and it has been helpful to you. I’d love to see you again on my blog.


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Author: Haris Nadeem
He is the founder of Sizzled Core and a Pakistani blogger who loves gadgets and exploring out the web!

17 Comments

  1. MyAvatars 0.2

    Woohooo…!!!! Awesome Trick…

  2. MyAvatars 0.2

    Nice idea. I had that problem a while back until I found out what Adobe Bridge was for. Yeah, you have to open a program, but it provides thumbnails of all your Adobe files.

  3. MyAvatars 0.2

    That was a great tip; it was quick, simple and easy to follow - thanks!

  4. MyAvatars 0.2

    I can see the preview in my computer without this.

  5. MyAvatars 0.2

    @Madhur:
    What Photoshop are you using? I have tried this trick in Photoshop CS and CS2 only.

  6. MyAvatars 0.2

    Heather

    THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!!! IT MAKES LIFE SOOO MUCH EASIER! :)

  7. MyAvatars 0.2

    I had this automatic with 7.0, but then I re-installed it and it disappeared - thanks for the file!

  8. MyAvatars 0.2

    Chad

    Didn’t work for me. Running CS2 on Vista. Anyone else get it to work on Vista?

  9. MyAvatars 0.2

    Chad

    ^^ Update ^^
    Thumbnails appeared after reboot. Works great! Thanks!

  10. MyAvatars 0.2

    Rukmal

    Its working
    Tks

  11. MyAvatars 0.2

    Kisha

    Worked Great! Thanks!

  12. MyAvatars 0.2

    Rakesh Bhardwaj

    Well it work even if you don’t have photoshop installed.
    You can find the same solution for Illustrator also from the link below
    http://advancetechnology.today.....-solution/

  13. MyAvatars 0.2

    Wow, thats wonderful, now i need similar trick for .ai and .eps file, as its hard to open them in bridge

  14. MyAvatars 0.2

    THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. My thumbnail images all disappeared after I installed an old version of Photoshop and were just displaying the programme icon. I have spent hours trying to all sorts of supposed solution but yours is the only one that has worked - and so quick and easy too. Most grateful.

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