Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; this will do 3 things, all optional: ; 1) disable thumbnails ; 2) delete all existing folder type settings/detections ; 3) disable folder type detection (force default columns) ; ; this makes the file explorer way faster, ; especially on slow/networked locations ; ===================================================================== ; 1) disable thumbnails [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "IconsOnly"=dword:00000001 ; ===================================================================== ; 2) delete all existing folder type settings/detections [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU] ; ===================================================================== ; 3) disable folder type detection [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell] "FolderType"="NotSpecified"