Windows 11 Folder custom Icon Issue

Please note what I really wrote in February, “Well, here we go. Pictures ON the folders!? Isn't that nice? Now, who would have thought, when you go to "Choose a file to show on the folder icon," you would actually get one? Thanks to azhotaz and Windows XP”

It’s picture files ON the folder icon; not replacing it!!

Re-read my posts slowly, they start all the way back on page one of this thread.

Thanks!

Sorry, but this doesn't work. Did you ever have Windows 10, 7 or XP?

Apparently not. In those Windows Operating Systems, when you clicked "Customize/Choose a file to show on this folder icon," you could click a picture, in that folder and it would be FULLY displayed on the folder. Much like what I have attached. Unfortunately, my Windows 10 system isn't up now, so I cannot give an exact representation, but that is close. (Scott, by the way, you will find on an earlier page in this string.)

The way it used to be . . . (Thanks to azhotaz and Windows XP!

on page 3 of this thread . . .

See the pictures ON the folders?? Hello? That was the way it was!! That is what we want! Perhaps not 4 pictures, but 1 is good for me.

I love that after two years this issue hasn't been solved. There's the option to change the icon and it doesn't do anything.
Interesting.

Yes! That is exactly what I want and need! The whole photo, not hiding behind a folder. Still haven’t found the fix for this. Shame on windows

There's no Microsoft fix for the half-size thumbnail, but there is at least one hack and a third party tool.

The hack:

https://www.neowin.net/guides/how-to-customize-folder-thumbnails-in-windows-11-22h2/

The link to the icons in that tutorial is broken. I found them here:

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AC6jDurxExxFUj8&id=AF665B03EBA9FB04%21685&cid=AF665B03EBA9FB04

The not-free third-party tool:

https://www.folderico.com/

There may be others out there. New stuff is always coming out.

Yes! That is exactly what I want and need! The whole photo, not hiding behind a folder. Still haven’t found the fix for this. Shame on windows

You lost me at  “change

Scroll to MIDDLE closed folder icon next to cog icon, click it,”. I’m not sure that is going to fix my issue anyway. I don’t want to see an icon that looks like a manila folder with a photo peeking out of it. I want to see the whole picture with no folder covering half of it up. You used to be able to rename a selected photo as “folder” and it would appear as the icon itself, without a folder covering most of it. It’s been a while so I’ll scroll thru the responses and see if anything else looks like it would help. Thank you for trying. If you can clarify what that last part means I’ll give it another try