How do I make all folders show thumbnails in windows 8?

[Thé Lord Tony]

So here's my issue. What I want is all my loving folders to work like my pictures folder. But nooooooooooooooo Windows 8 has to be so loving handicapped it makes all pictures with these stuffty icons so I can't see what they look like. How do I fix this?

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[Muzzles56]

So you want picture thumbnails instead of those blue squares?

[Thé Lord Tony]

So you want picture thumbnails instead of those blue squares?

Yes, those blue squares piss me off so loving badly.

[Tyler66]

Off-topic: Amazing you keep a folder dedicated to your in game avatar

On-topic: You can't view thumbnails in compressed archives. There is no way around this.

[The Resonte!]

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On-topic: You can't view thumbnails in compressed archives. There is no way around this.

windows 8 whyyyyyy
what happens if you un-compress them

[Tyler66]

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windows 8 whyyyyyy

This isn't just Windows 8. This has been an issue since ZIP was introduced into Windows.

[The Resonte!]

This isn't just Windows 8. This has been an issue since ZIP was introduced into Windows.

damn

[Thé Lord Tony]

Oh that's right I forgot I don't have winrar. The compressed zip folder looks similar to a regular folder, whoops.

[MrLoL²]

Right click one of the images and set "open as windows image viewer by default" thing

oh wait, you already did that

[Thé Lord Tony]

Alright new issue. When I "zip" a file it doesn't go anywhere. When I add a file to .rar it shows on desktop. How do I zip?