

(6) On Advance settings, Scroll down and check Show preview. (4) The Folder Options dialog box will appear. Thankfully, that hasn’t stopped third-party developers from coming up with their own solutions. (3) Select and click Folder and search options. Therefore, there’s no way for Windows to open these files within Explorer in order to allow you to see what photo data is stored within.

This can help you quickly identify a file visually instead of relying on remembering file names.īy default, Windows doesn’t have a utility to open these files, since PSD files are designed first and foremost for Photoshop. In the screenshot below, the Preview pane in enabled, as seen. When browsing your files in Windows 10 File Explorer, you can switch to a handy “Icon” view, which displays a preview image for your files in addition to the file name. In the Panes group, you will see the Preview pane icon. Instead, all you can see is a large, unhelpful icon designed by our friends at Adobe. You can now see that a sidebar has been added on the right side of the window. Click on the Window Like button to enable the File Preview feature. While File Explorer will allow you to check out a preview of your JPEG or PNG files, anyone who works in Photoshop often will be unable to preview the PSD files, the file extension every Photoshop project saves in. On the Top settings bar right you will find a window like icon at the right side. There’s just one problem: not every file format that contains image data is compatible. Click the File menu and then click Change folder and search options to open Folder Options.
