Windows 11 Folder custom Icon Issue

Hello Ramesh,

Ah! So, it won't be like roughly like the image below any longer? I must say, MSDN "changed" the broken feature in fixing it. That's a pretty cruddy thing to do! Well, I got half a mind to blow off Windows 11 and go back to 10. Just thinking about it is a "pisser!"

My images are selected, to show ON the folder, NOT in it. Maybe I will wipe the drives and go back to 10. The new deal sucks!

Well, it's definitely NOT what I was hoping for and now I can see how the stupid "previews" got mixed up in here. It IS more like a preview. I'm already kind of missing the "old days."

Well, thank you, Ramesh. I appreciate your post, and did miss your priors, above, since they did look so much like previews of "what's inside." I apologize for that. I'm going back to Windows 10. I'll deal with this when support for Windows 10 craps out.

Dang! Well, that's it from me for awhile,

Hi William,

I understand what you were saying. I'm just telling you that Microsoft has fixed the broken "Choose a file to show on this folder Icon" feature in the Insider Preview build.

The images in my previous post are from the Insider build. I assigned a Picture/JPEG file custom icon by clicking the "Choose File" option under "Choose a file to show on this folder Icon" and the result is what you see in Figure 1 in my previous post.

(Two edits done to this post.)

Hello Ramesh,

As I noted earlier on, it's NOT previews that are the issue here. What you have above is nice, but what I want to do is. "Choose a file to show on this folder icon," as stated in the folder Properties/Customization. Someone turned this thread to Previews, which if you go back to page 1, post 1, you can clearly see is not the intent.

As can hopefully surmise, the circled picture (Inside the folder) would be placed on that folder, Windows 10.

For what its worth my computer specs are below the picture.

Device name B550I_AORUS-PRO
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor 3.80 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB
Device ID Available on request
Product Available on request
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 21H2
Installed on ‎7/‎17/‎2022
OS build 22000.856
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22000.856.0

Hi William,

In the Insider builds, Microsoft not only brought back folder previews (i.e., "File Explorer will now show previews of items within folders"), but also the "Choose a file to show on this folder Icon" feature.

![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/9be4ed1c-f805-437f-abcf-b16e2e9975e3?platform=QnA

And, you can simply place a file named folder.jpg inside the folder, and it will show up as the folder's logo, as below:

![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/f3c59ca7-4da7-4c3a-9865-5398a9b63bc6?platform=QnA

Screenshots are from Windows 11 Insider Build. Per the link I posted earlier, the feature should be available from Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22557 onwards.

Previews are not the subject.