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
    2024-06-25T05:04:17+00:00

    I can;t believe that Microsoft would include a "gotcha" like this in OneDrive, and then not warn us about it.

    I wasted several hours of my life fighting the disappeared thumbnails problem (I NEED them in my work!) to no avail. Thank you ZAAAX!!

    To Microsoft: OneDrive seemed a great idea (I was going to use it for backup). But I will never touch it again until it learns to leave my local files and settings undisturbed!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-23T08:59:28+00:00

    I don’t use one drive

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-23T02:54:39+00:00

    I have this same problem from time to time. It has always been that my OneDrive is not syncing. Once I open my OneDrive, voila, problem solved.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-17T13:51:40+00:00

    Wth? So my other thumbnails show fine across OneDrive except...i have tried all these fixes except the uninstall OneDrive and that isn't an option for me as this is where the files I'm having issues with reside. My thumbnails aren't showing SPECIFICALLY on Reddit downloaded .jpg's and only most of them (SOME SHOW). The files seem fine and display fine when opened. All other folders display thumbnails just fine unless I move a reddit .jpg to another folder, then it doesn't show there either. Files are downloaded to pc. Please help, I am lost

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-28T18:26:04+00:00

    Windows 11 - 23H2 here.

    My images on Desktop (backed up by OneDrive) seem to be affected. The thumbnails are not visible if my OneDrive is not running in the BG. But when OneDrive is turned on, they start to show. Weird.

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