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 44,306 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
    2022-02-14T02:14:15+00:00

    everytime windows does an upgrade it's worse than before. this really sucks!!! it seems to me their engineers are bankrupt and go for change just for the sake of change even if it makes one's life harder. if it ain't broken don't fix it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-10T13:25:17+00:00

    On a more serious note, whoever made the decision to remove thumbnail preview in Windows 11 is not a friend of Microsoft. This is so annoying to say the least. Why fix something that doesnt need fixing?

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-08T15:41:04+00:00

    Hi Paul,

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    Currently Windows 11 does not support showing thumbnails on folders, like previous versions of Windows.

    The best option is to open the Feedback Hub (Windows Key + F) and provide your feedback on this lack of functionality in Windows 11, to the developers, the more people that look for a feature, the more likely it is to be added.

    This is really poor. Whoever decided to omit this doesn’t fully understand how people use Windows efficiently. That this helpful feature was omitted has really slowed down my workflow. This needs to make a reappearance in an update in the near future (and option for bigger thumbnails - extra large is still too small on 4K at 150 scaling)

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-14T19:26:37+00:00

    FIRST... If you think you have something worth saying, please say it once...don't post an ad six times!

    SECOND... This so-called method does not work in current releases of Windows 11; the feature has been eliminated or disabled, and no amount of clicking will change that.

    We need to remind MS often and cogently how important it is to many of us.

    .....ph

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