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

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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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
    2022-10-07T06:34:13+00:00

    Link to create your free windows 10 media, https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10ISO

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-07T06:30:41+00:00

    Cry me a river, go back to windows 10, its good till 2025 and its free for you to do so google it if not no how, and by then windows 12 will be out, win 11 is a test product

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-07T04:55:24+00:00

    It's not you doing anything wrong William! For some reason known only to Microsoft, they have only included half previews of folder contents for the Pictures folder - it's no good to man nor beast.

    Folder contents in previous windows Pictures, showing the first full picture in the folder, & sub folders worked fine for years. It wasn't broken, yet Microsoft decided to fix it. Just bring it back like it was please, that's all we are asking. You must have the code to do that, being as though it used to work that way.

    As a photographer, I have tens of thousands of images on my computer. How on earth am I supposed to find anything when I can't see what's in my folders? It's hugely impacting my working life.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-22T18:12:36+00:00

    Okay . . . Here's what I got after installing -

    Edition Windows 11 Pro
    Version 22H2
    Installed on ‎9/‎21/‎2022
    OS build 22621.521
    Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22634.1000.0

    I found my main folder had some pic files showing and some not. So, I figured it was the size and (possibly?) the format (.jpg vs. .png) was preventing the picture from showing. For instance, take my sample (self created) -

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    The folder showed like below, after the update. This pic file inside needed adjusting. It was .jpg and too big to show, so I opened an MS Word doc, inserted the picture.

    Image

    In MS Word the picture had to be adjusted for size . . .

    Image

    I did some adjusting and came up with the shown size, copied it to MS Paint and saved it into the Arts & Entertainment folder as a .png file, And, got this . . .

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    Well, let's say, "It's halfway there." I still can't put the whole pic on the front of the folder (or I don't know how to!)

    Anyway, thanks to everyone for listening to me "cry!" Hopefully we'll get it "both ways" some day.

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