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
    2022-05-18T14:00:03+00:00

    The "large view" of thumbnails is just the tip of the iceberg for me.

    I have tried the suggestion out there on the 'net to modify the RegEdit entry and add a "ThumbnailSize" D-Word and specify a size, etc. It didn't work. The Extra Large thumbnail size is nothing more than Large with extra steps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-19T00:36:37+00:00

    @williamdaugherty5, Thanks for the explanation. Sounds like a WHOLE lot of folks are going to run into this issue, specifically those with gaming or multi-media pc's. I just bought a new Dell XPS 17 with ultra high def screen (3840 x 2400) for graphics work and video editing. Microsoft needs to clearly fix this. What a peculiar miss! Screen resolutions are going to only go up. Won't just be the handful of folks in these two categories.

    Patty S.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-19T13:04:36+00:00

    I am leaving my desktop on Win 10 until this issue is fixed. I had no clue when I "upgraded" my laptop to Win 11. Photographers everywhere are negatively impacted by MS failure to make this a priority in Win 11 and going forward!

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-06-16T23:54:13+00:00

    Of course you are not crazy... :-) all of us that are editing photos, noticed that bug and would like to solve it once and for all.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-07-01T14:50:30+00:00

    Ditto the frustration. Ditto the skepticism MS will do anything about it. Ditto the thank-you-for-this-thread-so-I-know-I-am-not-crazy.

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