From: the.white.queen@hotmail.it   
      
   > This is a -I guess little known- feature in Windows (at least I know about   
   > it in   
   > XP but probably functions the same in Vista and W7):   
   > when you have a view other than Thumbnail view in explorer and you then   
   > shift to   
   > Thumbnail view, holding the Shift key will toggle filenames on or off   
   > under the   
   > thumbnails (depending on how it was previously). This will only work for   
   > Thumbnail view, other views are not affected.   
   >   
   > You probably have changed this unintentionally, so to get back to what you   
   > were   
   > used to: choose for instance Details in the View menu, then hold Shift and   
   > choose Thumbnails again. Your filenames should be there again.   
      
   THANKS!!!! It worked :-DDD   
      
   > This info can be found online, but is strongly dependent on your search   
   > terms in   
   > Google.   
   > First hit on these search terms: xp explorer hide filename -extension   
   > thumbnail   
   >   
   > http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/84764-35-windows-explorer-   
   howing-picure-file-names   
      
   Exactly, I looked it up both in English and Italian (I am from Italy) and   
   couldn't find anything - not even on Microsoft site!   
      
   Thanks a lot, again! IOU :-)   
      
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