Windows 11 Folder custom Icon Issue

I apologize. I copied the post and missed that.

Thanks for pointing it out.

One more time . . . It's NOT complicated! No money, icon cache cleaning is necessary. It's worked since Windows XP!

IN Windows 11, when you go to folder properties, then customize, it states CLEARLY, "Choose a file to show on the folder icon."

What you write (in part), "With Windows 11, you can no longer see previews of the contents inside the folders," is contrary to the question. What I want to do is show a picture file on the folder, as I could in Windows 10.

If it is not possible to do that, then why does the option still exist in Properties/Customization?

I downgraded back to 10, so can't check on your option in 11 (yet). But for the sake of argumenting, I will add my 10 cents: when you have accumulated 10,000s of folder images over the years - by just editing the title to "folder.jpg", and they disappear the instant you upgrade to 11, how do you batch them back to your display option in just a few clicks??

And there in lies my problem. (and I have a lot more folders than that.) The work, and time I would have to spend having to address each and every folder and subfolder to create an Icon or implement a different solution would be staggering (and almost impossible) for me. All because some "bright-boy" who probably doesn't use that feature decided to reorient folders and remove a snippet of code... for aesthetics; and make millions of users who have come to use and rely on this feature in their daily work miserable. The visual cue that these folder pictures provides, makes my work much faster and easier. I still can't see why crippling user productivity, ease of use and removing this and other much needed productivity tools that people have come to rely on over the years makes sense. Thumbs up on your post Franvill54. I hope MS does the right thing and fully restores this feature seamlessly so existing folder.jpg files just start working again with full, clear pictures and without any user input.

For those that haven't yet please submit feedback through the official feedback hub, and let them know how dissatisfied you are that this feature had been removed in the first place, and how substandard you think the current fix is. If there is enough feedback, and input from dissatisfied users, perhaps... just perhaps, we MAY see this feature fully restored, and in a somewhat timely fashion. If there is enough negative feedback over the mishandling of this feature, it will be harder (although not impossible) for MS to stay apathetic to the hue and cry over its loss (not loss anymore mishandling. sorry. Although... usability is still an issue. ), and their weak substandard attempts to fix the problems they caused by attempting to remove this feature and not restoring it properly.