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.
Author: Haris NadeemHe is the founder of Sizzled Core and a Pakistani blogger who loves gadgets and exploring out the web!
17 Comments
Blogs DNA
Woohooo…!!!! Awesome Trick…
May 17th, 2008
Justin
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.
May 17th, 2008
Saman Sadeghi
That was a great tip; it was quick, simple and easy to follow - thanks!
May 17th, 2008
Madhur Kapoor
I can see the preview in my computer without this.
May 17th, 2008
Haris
@Madhur:
What Photoshop are you using? I have tried this trick in Photoshop CS and CS2 only.
May 17th, 2008
Heather
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!!! IT MAKES LIFE SOOO MUCH EASIER! :)
Sep 12th, 2008
Stfn
I had this automatic with 7.0, but then I re-installed it and it disappeared - thanks for the file!
Nov 5th, 2008
Chad
Didn’t work for me. Running CS2 on Vista. Anyone else get it to work on Vista?
Dec 19th, 2008
Chad
^^ Update ^^
Thumbnails appeared after reboot. Works great! Thanks!
Dec 19th, 2008
Rukmal
Its working
Tks
Jan 6th, 2009
Kisha
Worked Great! Thanks!
Jan 16th, 2009
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/
Feb 27th, 2009
Altaf
Wow, thats wonderful, now i need similar trick for .ai and .eps file, as its hard to open them in bridge
Apr 14th, 2009
Maggie Jackson
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.
Apr 21st, 2009
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