Windows 11 Folder custom Icon Issue

Anonymous
2021-12-16T12:09:01+00:00

After updating to windows 11, the option to customize "Choose a file to show on this folder icon" does not change the folder's display image even after applying, I have tried the solutions displayed here " https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/folder-icon-thumbnails-broken-windows-11-pro/0e60c9ee-e5f0-4e6d-80c9-42cf2f89752e " but it did not solve the issue, I also do not have the option to revert to windows 10 where this problem never occurred

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-04T19:12:31+00:00

    I’ve never heard of folder.jpg

    I just do what I wrote above..

    Sorry.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-04T13:14:24+00:00

    William Turnley Replied on May 4, 2023

    In reply to LesFerch's post on March 4, 2023

    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.

    Hi William,

    It looks like you meant to reply to Sumit D -IA. The quote you posted was from his reply (the first reply in the thread).

    My reply on March 4 was to Howard Miller1 for a specific issue he was having.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-04T05:50:43+00:00

    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?

    Image

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-04-21T23:56:50+00:00

    The more they change windows, the worse it gets I have went back to windows 7 bon my computers Microsoft's new programs stink.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-04T05:26:20+00:00

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