# Any way I can see a thumbnail of my .skp file in Windows?

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/any-way-i-can-see-a-thumbnail-of-my-skp-file-in-windows/95027>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Tags:** sketchup, thumbnails\
**Created:** [May 8, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/any-way-i-can-see-a-thumbnail-of-my-skp-file-in-windows/95027 "2019-05-08T18:23:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![spawn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/spawn/32/37792_2.png) [@spawn](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/spawn)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/any-way-i-can-see-a-thumbnail-of-my-skp-file-in-windows/95027/1 "2019-05-08T18:23:23Z")

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Hi everybody.

I’m trying to make a clean in my computer and I like to save some effort opening file after file to decide if I want to save it or not. Is there any way I can see a thumbnail in the windows explorer?

Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![spawn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/spawn/32/37792_2.png) [@spawn](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/spawn)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/any-way-i-can-see-a-thumbnail-of-my-skp-file-in-windows/95027/2 "2019-05-08T18:29:40Z")

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Ok, sorry, I fixed following this workaround:

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/e/2/e2aaddd2ccaa3ac39306f8c241cfd4d2b6c0ba94.jpeg "How to Fix Sketchup Thumbnails Not Showing 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSn-AyWcfZg)