CBX Shell

If you have large amounts of pictures on your computer and keep them organized in archives for the sake of saving some space on your HDD or SSD or whatever storage media you're using, you might find it a bit frustrating to identify documents.

However, with the help of specialized, third-party software solutions such as CBX Shell, you can turn the default icon of your archives into a thumbnail preview of an image that's within the compressed file.

Installing this application on your computer can be accomplished by virtually any user, regardless of their overall computer skills and understanding or previous experience with similar software solutions.

In order to deploy the app, you just need to unpack the archive that holds the installer and launch the executable, since the rest of the process is guided by the application's helpful wizard. After deploying the app, you can access the tool's management interface that lets you select which archive types should the application work its magic on.

As stated above, this application can help you increase the accessibility of your image archives by replacing the default archive icon with a thumbnail preview of one of the pictures that are contained within it.

The process of selecting which picture should be used as the thumbnail preview seems random, so apparently, there's no way to pick your favorite image. However, a little trick we can share with you is that you can create an archive with just the picture you want to use as a preview, and then move the rest of the photos afterward.

If you ever wanted to increase the visibility of your image archives so that you can organize them more efficiently, you can use CBX Shell to turn the default archive icon into a thumbnail preview of one of the photos encompassed within it. It's easy to use, requires no advanced computer skills and can be easily installed.