If you want this to show on Windows Explorer then I assume it is something for your own benefit rather than distribution to family or friends. Not sure we have the ability to manipulate those thumbnails in explorer. However if it is the information you need attached to each photograph for later identification (Are these photos or clipart images?) then much of it is already there. Right click on a photo, click Properties, click Advanced. now you can scroll down and see the camera make and model along with it's setting used plus other information. Also you can add a title and any other facts you would like to add. This info then gets retained with the image wherever it goes. Another alternative is to create a web style page with a free slideshow program and free editor. Seems a dirty way of doing it but we have no idea of the importance of the requirements you have stated. Finally you could open each photo in your photo editing program, copy and paste each image into a new larger background, add the needed comments to the white space you would have created and save the lot that way. I would strongly suggest if you go this route that you consider creating a new folder and copy every photo you intend to modify over to this folder to work on. This way the original is still in pristine condition.

You folks are geniuses! Strange how that happened, and having no idea how I did it, and undid it. Is there any particular reason that feature even exists? I can't think of one.

I had a tech "build" me a machine, have all I wanted from previous XP, but had I known that the folder for the docs would be sideways, and could could have no pics on them, would have stayed XP if at all possible, nothing you can do about that, tried it and no go. Also had trubble finding downloads, and docs in my background, they seem to be more hidden, or were anyway, I have had my W7 about 3 months now, and have become used to it, not a fan by any means, but am used to it finally. One final note, I also had files that simply disappeared from the documents, and googled, W7 has this problem, and it has since been rectified, at least in my case. I also had a friend find me an add on, for the pdf's has pics on them which helps find what I am searching for, rather than on the folders as in XP. Brought all the goodies with me from XP that I could, love my Word, my pdf makers, and learning a new mail program, I would not pay the hundred dollars for OE mail, and as I had TB on the XP computer, took that along as well. All in all, has been a heck of a learning process, those that find or found it easy, good for them, for those of us that have trubble, well, it is hard, and I am not ashamed to admit it was hard for me. ADD is part of the reason, and had to redo, redo and redo before I could get programs and how they worked into my head. Since I wrote everything down, has helped a great deal, and am so grateful that I did not have to take W8. Maybe by the time I need a new machine again, they will have redone the OS and come up with something simple again, I know it can be done, and senior or not, there are things that are hard for even youngsters, anyone younger than 65. Just remember folks, one day you will be older as well, and understand what I am speaking of, let's hope you can move thru the process as easily as you can, for those of us with issues, it is a real hardship.

Here is a screenshot where I am adding a photo to an Amazon listing. As you can see there are a ton of numbered photos and I really need the view to be thumbnail to select the correct photo. I do use the little menu to change to thumbnail and it does change but it won't stick. When I go to upload the next picture two minutes later I have to change it again and every time. When I open the same folder from My Documents it shows in thumbnail every time. I ran the Fixit again and rebooted and I downloaded and installed the registry fix too.