After received a few mails about this problem, today I decided to write this small tutorial.
Many Windows users face a problem in Windows Explorer, when they can't see file or folder names under a specific folder. Only file and folder icons are visible but their names are hidden.
Here is a small step-by-step tutorial to fix this problem:
Open the problematic folder, Press and hold SHIFT key, right-click in empty area and select "View -> Thumbnails". It'll toggle the file/folder names.
Actually its a feature to show/hide file names while in Thumbnails mode.
Open the problematic folder, right-click in empty area and de-select "View -> Hide File names". If the option is not available, then press and hold SHIFT key, right-click in empty area and select "View -> Medium Icons".
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Kabir
Thank You very much.
nanda
Thank u very very much
Aamir
thank man.
Lana
thanks so much, it worked but I had to change the view from thumbnails to another view first and then right click shift to thumbnail view again. It works, yay!
Mukesh
Thanks a lot............
Kalynn
Thank you so much for this small but much needed tut! My Pictures folder decided to hide all the names of my subfolders two months ago. I had tried just about everything I could think of. Finally found your tut, tried it, and low and behold, I can see the names of my folders again! This is a good thing because I do lots of graphic work, and trying to figure out where I stored a particular picture just going by very tiny pictures on the folders was driving me bonkers.
Noel
I just wanted to than you for your solution. I had spent ages trying to get the names back under the folders and had no idea that holding down the shift key and right clicking would solve things. I do wonder why Microsoft don't put this option on the 'Views' menu on the toolbar!
Thanks again!
Riza
Wow, through Google I come here.
Just yesterday I saw My Computer with HD and opticala discs with no names. Never this happened to me.
Thanks one more time, Vishal.
Noghaltz
yo THANKS a LOT its Worked to me after long search i found a solution.
Rick
GOOGLE brought me here too, and it worked!! THANKS so much!