The Windows 11 2022 update brings Thumbnail previews to folders.
Windows 11: Thumbnail previews do not show on folders
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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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Anonymous
2022-09-22T03:20:33+00:00 If you download win 11 iso from Microsoft today it has the update already installed and new oobe, that is the solution ,clean install of the latest build ,https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows11
Thank you, I never realized that. In my past clean installs after those errors, I would have to do all the updates. I'd never had a way to put a new clean install with all updates together, so this may finally be my solution. As soon as I make backups in case something was still waiting for the regular backup to go through, I will try this.
One question, will this be able to go on USB, because I don't have the disc drive in my laptop. Thank you again.
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Anonymous
2022-09-22T02:05:31+00:00 See DavidMorrison’s post. He just does clean installs.
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Anonymous
2022-09-22T01:59:37+00:00 If you download win 11 iso from Microsoft today it has the update already installed and new oobe, that is the solution ,clean install of the latest build ,https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows11
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Anonymous
2022-09-22T01:34:40+00:00 Windows 11 2022 update is now available, bringing thumnail previews to folders.
I cannot install the update because it keeps giving me the blue screen of death, followed by the Error System Thread Exception not Handled. And my computer can repair this at all. I have had it twice where I was forced to start from scratch and rebuild my Windows OS and download all my apps and replace all my settings again.
Today I managed to get back on, but in order to continue operating, I had to roll back the update, which means no folder previews for me. :-(
This has happened in every attempt to update. Earlier I tried the Windows Insider program and had the problem and had to rebuild the OS completely. When I came back I didn't use the update. Later I tried another new update through the Windows Insider Program. Same problem, same Blue Screen of Death. Windows finds problems on the drive, there are problems listed in Event Viewer. My Drive Booster says drivers are out of date. But nothing Windows does to fix ever fixes it. Every time it tries to repair it restarts and then Windows tells me I have a problem with that same error.
Updating the drivers with Drive Booster causes the restart and the cycle continues. Each time Windows restarts at least 3 times before I can choose other options.
I have not been able to use any meaningful update to Windows 11, and I'm really enjoying some of the new features that are coming out. I am completely stuck on what to do, because no solution online has fixed any of the problems.