Thumbnails not showing Windows 11 - Pictures folder

Anonymous
2022-06-17T01:45:21+00:00

Hi there,

So in my Pictures folder, I used to see all the images as thumbnails, as I should.

Now, some images are showing as usual, then there's a bunch not showing.

All I did was update Windows, sheesh, it's like living in a rocket with Microsoft, one moment you're headed in the right direction, galaxy etc, next you're hurtling into the Sun.

BTW, I've tried all the "fixes", open options, open properties, make sure x is unchecked, delete storage cache, temporary that is and and other, sdn scan, I mean what else is there?

Wouldn't you think Microsoft would want you to see your images as a thumbnail? Seems logical to me, anywho, does anyone know (coz Microsoft doesn't) what fix there is to get the annoying issue sorted? Or, better still, what download cleaner rearranger there is to force a user to enjoy their Windows 11 experience. (Rhetorical)

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-11T15:11:09+00:00

    Onedrive is a curse. Yet another attempt by Microsoft to milk every dollar. The hundreds of hours I have to waste every year on simple things, instead of working or creating, because this company just doesn't provide a reliable service. If you disable Onedrive, you open a whole other set of problems. But they want you to buy more backup memory. It doesn't matter if you have plenty of memory on your PC and other means of backing it up, they have to drain every dollar from your wallet.

    This gentleman above has had to spend HOURS to make something work that should be taken for granted. I'm here for the same reason. My whole morning is shot because of this. And I suspect Onedrive is the issue. We're stuck with microsoft. I mean I really don't want to learn a new operating sytem. I want to be creating and working, but Microsoft costs me weeks worth of work every year for stuff like this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-25T00:23:31+00:00

    To fix, open up One Drive explorer,
    right click the Picture folder
    and select "Always store on device".
    Once it syncs up, the images show again.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-25T00:22:36+00:00

    I ran into the same thing!
    Ran One Drive's Backup.
    Then images did not display in Picture folder.

    To fix, open up One Drive explorer,
    right click the Picture folder
    and select "Always store on device".
    Once it syncs up, the images show again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-09-25T02:41:15+00:00

    I've had OneDrive for many months and thumbnails displayed fine. Playing with file utilities presumably changed some settings that they should not have, so following Kent Ducote's advice above about accessing the File Explorer / Folder Options (in 3 dots ... to the right of View settings) and unchecking the View box setting: 'Always show icons, never thumbnails' did the trick brought them all back.

    As a former mvp myself I'm always a bit wary of solutions that require you to perform extensive reinstallation etc for a problem that suddenly crops up. The simple solution is often the right one, and in this instance it sure was!

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-09-08T19:32:53+00:00

    I tried ALL the recommended fixes to recover my thumbnails, including the command prompt solution. But nothing worked! Thankfully, this forum suggested UNINSTALLING ONE DRIVE. I did and the thumbnails immediately returned. It seems that Microsoft would resolve this problem in their Windows 11.

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