Tweaksky.com May 2026 |
A shell extension that adds preview thumbnails for STL files to Windows Explorer. Runs on Windows 7 or later.
Can also be used with Total Commander and FreeCommander.
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for old systems
Michael from Teaching Tech made a video guide about the installation. He was so kind to allow me to embed it here! Thumbnail installation starts at 1:49.
Thumbnail generation is based on the fastest STL viewer available. Folders full of STL files are no problem, and most STL thumbnails are generated as fast as those of JPG photos.
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For automation and easy deployment, the color settings are loaded from the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Papa’s Best. Create values according to the following table. If a value is missing, its default is assumed.
| Name | Type | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| DefaultBackgroundColor | DWORD | 0x00000000 |
Background color for thumbnails. Format is 0xRRGGBBAA. |
| DefaultObjectColor | DWORD | 0xffffffff |
Object color for files without built-in color information. Format is 0xRRGGBBAA. Transparency is not supported. |
| InitialEyeYawDegrees | DWORD | 28 |
Horizontal rotation of the viewer, in degrees. Positive rotates right. |
| InitialEyePitchDegrees | DWORD | 331 |
Vertical rotation of the viewer, in degrees. Positive rotates down. |
Papa’s Best STL Thumbnails installs for the current user by default. To install for all users on a system, open a command prompt or a PowerShell and run msiexec /i "Papas Best STL Thumbnails.msi" MSIINSTALLPERUSER="".
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Clear your Explorer thumbnail cache (see above) or copy the file to a different location.
This is a bug in Windows 10 that also affects other thumbnails – for example transparent PNG images here and here.
I can’t do anything in my program to work around it, I’m afraid. Please use the Windows 10 feedback function to report this to Microsoft. If enough users do it, they may eventually fix it. Windows 7 does not have this bug.