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
    2022-02-28T06:29:23+00:00

    Sumit is quite correct. There are no folder content previews as yet in Windows 11. This has been confirmed by Microsoft in this thread in the Feedback Hub app. When they are introduced in a forthcoming build they will not be full previews as in previous versions of Windows, so are still next to useless.

    This is a DIFFERENT issue, to being able to view thumbnail icons. CarolHorton is correct in stating that you can turn on and off thumbnail icons in the View option in Explorer.

    Folder contents previews, and thumbnail icons, are two separate issues.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-17T13:36:28+00:00

    How to make people happy for free? Take smth from them away, then give it back! MS is genius, no doubt

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-07T12:10:00+00:00

    This REALLY pisses me off. I NEED preview folders as I am not a mind reader. Whoever thought that getting rid of the preview folder should be fired.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-14T19:15:59+00:00

    Another well intentioned video that misses the point of the thread.

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