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
    2022-09-19T23:23:15+00:00

    I finally felt comfortable upgrading to Windows 11 this week (September 17, 2022). As someone who works with a lot of image and video files, having no representative thumbnails show through folder icons is extremely frustrating and wastes a lot of time when searching for something specific that can really only be located visually. Who's bright idea was this?

    I've gone through all the laundry lists of "solutions", including toggling options on and off, refreshing and rebooting.

    Put this feature back! What could possibly be the advantage of this?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-19T23:31:17+00:00

    Hang tight bruce the fall update comming soon is bringing folder preview back

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-20T18:59:59+00:00

    I totally agree. Please note David, I don't offer a solution since there isn't one. At least NOT UNTIL, Microsoft allows us to select a file to show on a folder icon.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-20T19:02:23+00:00

    David, William again. Please note I'm note complaining about previews here . . . . My problem is showing a file on a folder. Nothing more.

    The above don't work. Will the Fall Update fix this?

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