Windows Folder Issues

I'm running WINDOWS XP and am having a small issue...

I set my music folder to be viewed as large icons, so that I can see the album cover as well as the album name below each folder. Now the album titles are no longer visible. WHY?

Basically this is obnoxious to me since I don't recall changing anything. HOW do I make it so that the title of the folder appears below the large icon?


ALSO, how can I change, say a .txt file to a .bin file by simply renaming it? I recently discovered I can't do that anymore... is there a folder option or something where the file extensions are visible? Somehow this changed as well.

Thanks for reading!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Not sure what you mean about the large icons. Are you referring to the thumbnails mode?

For file extensions.. open any folder
goto Tools > Folder options... > View tab > uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types"

How ya doing, buddy?

Just download a album cover, place it in the corresponding folder, and rename it to "folder.jpg" without the parentheses, and you SHOULD be good to go.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Thumbnail is the correct term. I may as well show you the image...

Forgive the size:



This is what I want:


Thanks for your help thus far too

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I should kick you. j/k

A quick google search for "thumbnail folder names missing" led me to a couple pages with a solution.

Hold Shift key when you open that folder, or... change view to something like Details, hold Shift key and change it back to Thumbnail View.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Oh, man, thanks! Hah, and if you wanna kick me you should see some of my original threads I made back in 04 .___________.;;;

but yea, that totally worked, thanks everyone!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?