make Windows 11 photo thumbnails larger than extra large in file explorer

Anonymous
2022-01-04T13:22:19+00:00

Now using Windows 11. When I open File Explorer to view photo thumbnails and set the view to Extra Large, it is not any larger than when I set the view to Large. The only difference between Large and Extra Large is that the spacing between thumbnails gets larger -- not the photo itself.

My laptop is still on Windows 10, and Extra Large view there is much larger than the Large view setting.

Can you help?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-07T03:23:00+00:00

    Whoopee. Thanks, Dell, for wasting my money on a high resolution display.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-07T07:47:46+00:00

    Yes for me also I found it by accident, and thought that it might be helpful. Glad it worked for you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-07T19:45:15+00:00

    To corroborate what Brian92101 has stated, this issue pertains, we've discovered and established, to higher resolution displays. Mine is WQXGA 2560 x 1600 1440p laptop display and the extra large icons/thumbnails are too small to be useful. As Brian stated, at FHD 1920x1080 res., icons/thumbnails look fine. Thumbnail size is even smaller, of course, at higher resolutions.

    The following screen shots, both taken on the same laptop, demonstrate the problem: The first is taken at laptop's native resolution of 2560x1600. You can see that there are a total of 6 thumbnails running horizontally and 7 vertically. The second screenshot was taken with display set to 1920x1200 (my display has a 16:10 aspect ratio, Brian's is 16:9) and you can see that only 5 thumbnails run horizontally and 5 vertically. So, seeing fewer thumbnails means your seeing larger thumbnails. And, you know, they look larger.

    Note that all the images in both screenshots are the same size, 2560 x 1600. Thumbnails should scale according to displays resolution.

    Windows has a problem displaying properly sized icons/thumbnails at higher resolutions.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-10-08T15:55:46+00:00

    I can't believe Microsoft is still not fixing this

    Such a stupid problem to have, as a fix wouldn't be the most complicated one to make

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-11-01T12:34:17+00:00

    Can you continue your service? The problem is not resolved after several years...

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