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Have you stored a large number of embroidery designs on your computer? Do you have difficulty finding the correct designs among hundreds, or even thousands, or file names? Do you have to guess which is the “flower” design you are looking for?

Download the Embroidery Explorer Plugin for FREE

Embroidery Explorer Plugin is a free program. Download and install this must-have tool on every computer where you would like to display your designs library.

Use Microsoft™ Windows Explorer© as your gallery for embroidery design files. Navigate through the Windows™ folders and see graphic samples of embroidery designs files without opening those files.

What does Embroidery Explorer Plugin do?

  • View embroidery design files stored as embroidery machine formatted files as thumbnail images in Microsoft™ Windows Explorer©.
  • View embroidery design files stored in Sierra native file format as thumbnail images in Microsoft™ Windows Explorer©.
  • View the mentioned files as thumbnail images in all programs that use the standard file browser (File Explorer© or Windows Explorer©).
  • Thumbnail View: Change the size of the thumbnail images on the folder contents panel
  • Preview Panel: Show a graphic sample of the design (3D simulation) with the basic information (file name, file format, stitch count, design size, colors, etc.)
  • Context Menu: Display technical properties of designs, including color sequence, machine commands, thread length by color, stitch length histogram, slow redraw, etc.

Key Features

  • Easy software installation
  • Select the file formats to display
  • Show as drawing or simulation
  • Design sample on preview pane
  • Design property feature shows detailed technical information

Which Operating Systems are supported?

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  • Microsoft™ Windows 10 (32 bits, 64 bits)
  • Microsoft™ Windows 8 (32 bits, 64 bits)
  • Microsoft™ Windows 7 (32 bits, 64 bits)

Which File Formats are supported?

  • Tajima (.dst)
  • Barudan HD
  • Toyota (.10*)
  • Melco (.exp)
  • Happy (.tap)
  • Brother / Babylock / Bernina PEC (.pec)
  • Brother / Babylock / Bernina PES (.pes)
  • Brother (.phb),
  • Brother (.phc)
  • Elna/Janome (.sew)
  • Janome / New Home (.jef)
  • Singer (.xxx)
  • Pfaff Industrial (.ksm)
  • Pfaff (.pcd), Pfaff (.pcm), Pfaff (.pcs)

Check the following solutions when embroidery files are not displayed properly as thumbnails in File Explorer.

STEP1: Checking the setting of 'Folder and search options'

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The setting for diplaying thumbnails in File Explorler may not be correct.
Try the following steps to check the setting for it in the Folder Options dialog box.

  1. Open the folder where embroidery files are not displayed as thumbnails using File Explorer.
  2. On the menubar, Click View, and then click Options.
  3. The Folder Options dialog box appears.
  4. Click the View tab.
  5. Check the setting of 'Always show icons, never thumbnails'.
    If it's checked, uncheck this option ('Always show icons, never thumbnails').
  6. Click OK.

- If you unchecked the option for 'Always show icons, never thumbnails', check whether embroidery files can be displayed properly as thumbnails in File Explorer.

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- When the setting of the option for 'Always show icons, never thumbnails' has already been unchecked, go to STEP2 'Clearing the Thumbnail Cache using Disk Cleanup'.

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STEP2: Clearing the Thumbnail Cache using Disk Cleanup

The thumbnail cache may have become corrupted.
Try the following steps to clear the thumbnail cache using Disk Cleanup.

  1. Move the mouse pointer to the upper or lower right corner of your Desktop screen.
    When the menu bar appears, click Settings.
    And then click Control Panel.

    Another method to open Control Panel

    • Press X key while pressing Windows key, and then, click Control Panel in the displayed menu.
    • Move the mouse pointer to the Start button at the lower left corner of your Desktop screen, and then right-click on Start button.
      Click Control Panel in the displayed menu.
  2. When the Control Panel window opens, click System and Security.
    And then, when the System and Security window opens, click Free up disk space.

    When the Control Panel is shown by Large icons or small icons, click Administrative Tools.
    And then, when the Administrative Tools window opens, click Disk Cleanup.

  3. If the Disk Cleanup: Drive Selection dialog box appears, select the drive that you want to clean up, and then click OK.
  4. If the Disk Cleanup is scanning your drive first, wait until it has completed.
  5. The Disk Cleanup dialog box appears.
  6. Select the checkbox for Thumbnails at the 'Files to delete' box, and then clikc OK.
  7. The message 'Are you sure you want to permanently delet these files?' appears. Click Delete Files.
  8. Disk Cleanup program starts. When the cleanup is completed, the dialog box is closed automatically.

The operation for Disk Cleanup was completed.

Check whether embroidery files can be displayed properly as thumbnails in File Explorer.