Free Windows apps, made by Aurelitec since 1999. Follow along for new versions, how-to guides, and the stories behind the apps. https://www.aurelitec.com/blog/ 2026-10-09T00:00:00Z Aurelitec https://www.aurelitec.com/ https://static.aurelitec.com/images/site/icons/feed-icon.png https://www.aurelitec.com/blog/thumbico-2-0-released/ 2026-10-09T00:00:00Z

<a href="https://www.aurelitec.com/blog/thumbico-2-0-released/"><img src="https://static.aurelitec.com/images/blog/thumbico-2-0-released/thumbico-2-0-released-og.jpg" width="1200" height="630" alt="Thumbico 2.0 in its light and dark themes, each window showing the app&#39;s own Easter Island head icon"></a><p>Thumbico 2.0 is out, the first new version in almost eleven years. We rebuilt our free Windows app from scratch, with a new look, a dark theme, and all of its source code open for anyone to read. It still does one thing well, showing the real thumbnail or icon of any file, folder, or drive, at any size.</p> <p><a href="https://www.aurelitec.com/blog/thumbico-2-0-released/">Read the full post on the Aurelitec blog</a></p>