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Windows 11 is brimming with customization options, allowing users to personalize their experience to a great extent. One such aspect is the visibility of file icons on thumbnails. This feature can either enhance your workflow or clutter your aesthetic—depending on your personal preference...

W10 ver 22H2 If I go to a Windows 10 folder - all of the jpeg files with have a thumbnail (as do png, tiff etc) Very few DNG files will have a thumbnail (usually none) As folders may have hundreds of files - the thumbnail view is essential to quickly find files without having to open...

Is it possible to force Winexplorer to have the files in the same place when I reopen the same window when I put them in my own order before? I tried it according to this tutorial - How To Disable Auto Arrange In Folders On Windows 10, but it only works 50% - after reopening the same folder, the...

Suddenly I have no thumbnails, only icons throughout the system (Win 11). I went to YouTube and tried many different suggested solutions without success. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

I am 58 and have been using Windows probably since Windows 95 started. And yes, there have been problems (XP) But Windows 11 has to be, by far, the worst! It's pretty fast and doesn't have many errors...BUT, you took away ALL user controls!!!! I am a graphic designer and my work is based on...

I am sure at one time I could see the picture in both the navigation pane and the preview pane of windows explorer. Now all I get with jpgs, pngs etc is an icon with a pair of blue mountains on a blue background with a moon in the sky? Is there any way of getting the pictures back?

After some re-configurations/installations files for some file extensions do not show the file icons of their corresponding programs any more in Windows Explorer. E.g. *.html file icons show not the Firefox thumbnails. How can I "refresh" the icon look again? Peter

A while back, I updated my computer to the most recent windows version and for a while the pictures of the videos that I have on my computer used to show up, but now it just shows the picture of the program I use to play them.

Hello! Windows contains live folders which at least indicate that there are stored files. These files in folders representing 3D file icon/thumbnails: I want to customize Windows to have these icons/thumbnails flat. I'm using also IconPackager from Stardock. Is itpossible? Thank you for each...

I have a very old Compaq laptop - 2011 - I am not going to use it online - just using for creative stuff - I would like to speed it up a bit - I have a jpeg snipped image which shows some stuff I think I can remove but not sure. Can you tell me if any of these can be removed? Thanks. I am...

Last year I obtained a free Windows 8 laptop from my neighbor (can't complain about that!). It has worked very well for me until recent months. For whatever reason, the file explorer will randomly stop showing all folders in the side bar and (often) the main window. All I can see is little...

Since my computer is prone to Bluescreens (separate article), My Video thumbnails and some dektop folder thumbnails are not showing. I don't think if this is related to the bluescreen I'm saying. It is very annoying and especially I cannot find my videos easily. (note that the attached photo...

hi. i could not resolve this issue,after many searches and test many tricks,like disabling maintenance tasks and change folder permissions, problem still exists. is there any way to fix this windows 8.1 bug?? thanks.

Hi I'm not able to change my default app for opening photos to Photoshop? While there are some default formats that are set to Photoshop, things like .Jpg and .Jpeg are set to Windows Photo and don't change when I try and change them. I was not able to change .Tiff to use Photoshop as default...

Have thumbnails on all video and photos except vob files. Always had thumbnails on vob files in windows 7? Is this normal for windows 10?

So when I rebooted my computer when I woke up this morning, some of my videos in my videos library changed thumbnails. Is it normal for my videos to do this or no?

Hi guys, I've a HP All-in-one Model no: 23-K315na; Win8.1; Fully patched; All Drivers up-2-date; 16GB Ram; 1TB Hard Disk; Free Space 635GB; Pictures folder has 159GB (I'm an amateur Photographer!) Eset Smart Security v8; scanned clean; also scanned with MWB clean PROBLEM: When I open the...

Hi, a year ago I transferred around 200 photos from my iPhone 4s to my PC. It seems there is an issue with all the files, less than 10% of the photos are viewable, the rest are not. When I open a folder containing maybe 100 photos, all the thumbnails load up to show the whole photo, then a...

I have noticed that the Wallpaper selection for 10 is really glitch. It wont let me choose what wallpapers I want to use. I mean granted I have an unusual amount of them, but I haven't had this problem before. The only thing I can come up with by looking at it is, it is loading the thumbnails...

Whilst on Desktop, > Top-Left, come down, Switcher Bar is out & all currently, active APPs are showing thumbnails... Lf Clk on said Bar & that holds. In other words, allowing one to view all live APPs and the Desktop simultaneously. Once the Desktop is clicked the Switcher Bar drops (back)...