Windows 11: Thumbnail previews do not show on folders

Anonymous
2021-11-28T18:05:14+00:00

My folders are appearing as blank folder icons, where in Win 10 they showed thumbnail previews of the contents.

I've searched online for answers, and most appear to apply to earlier versions, and tell me to uncheck the 'icon only, no thumbnail' choice in View|Options, but that is already unchecked, so that is not the answer.

Does anyone have an actual working answer? Thanks if you do!

.....ph

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Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2022-02-17T07:04:33+00:00

The Windows 11 2022 update brings Thumbnail previews to folders.

Windows 11 2022 update now available - Microsoft Community

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-13T22:12:54+00:00

    The latest Dev and Beta Channel Builds brings back Folder icons with Multimedia Thumbnail previews:

    [File Explorer]

    • File Explorer will now show previews of items within folders.

    Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22557 | Windows Insider Blog

    assalamualiakum

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-11T10:45:14+00:00

    i already said this answer i am running the preview build and ya, they are back, i liked them better before, as the saying goes don't fix something that is not broken. i had to change to large icons because you cant see the pic when they are medium, i hope they make it better before final release,

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T14:30:02+00:00

    Absolutely agree. Nor should one have to hunt through a bunch of settings to turn it back on. In my mind a good user interface is intuitive with a minimum number of actions to accomplish what needs to be done.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T02:33:40+00:00

    This does not work in Windows 11. Microsoft inexplicably removed thumbnail previews from folders in Win11.

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