Windows 10: Certain images will not display in the preview panel.

I have a collection of images I downloaded at the same time today, actually. While I have had similar issues in the past, in this case they are all PNG files. Most of them work fine, but certain particular ones will not show in the preview panel. I only get a black box.Interestingly, if I restart windows explorer I can click on any one of them and get it to preview exactly once. However, if I click on any other image and then back, it won't load. None of the others will work either. So basically I can see one just once, then they all break until I reload explorer.Copying the file to another

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Can't restore image preview

Hi da2592,

Since unchecking the option Always show icons, never thumbnails did not address the problem with your image preview, there's a possibility that the thumbnail cache database on your Windows 10, which is used to display a preview
of a file or a folder, is corrupted.

To isolate this problem, I suggest that you look into the Performance Options and make sure to enable the
Show thumbnail instead of icons option. Follow these steps:

1. Open Control Panel.
2. Click on System and Security > System.
3. Click the Advanced System Settings to open the Performance Options dialogue box.
4. On the Visual Effects tab, check the box Show thumbnails instead of icons.
5. Click OK to apply changes.

If this doesn't work, then you may need to recreate the thumbnail cache using Disk Cleanup. Here's how:

1. Open File Explorer.
2. On the left pane, click This PC.
3. Right click the C: drive (or where Windows 10 is installed) and select
   Properties.
4. Click Disk Cleanup.
5. Check the Thumbnails option only. Uncheck all the other options, then click
   OK.
6. Click Delete Files to confirm.

Looking forward to your feedback.

Regards.

 

Preview pane doesn't work in Windows 10

Hi RuthZekowski,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

1. Are you facing issue with all your files or any particular files?
   
2. Which version of Windows you are using?
   
3. Since when are you facing this issue?
   

The Preview pane shows the contents of certain files selected in File Explorer. For images, it is a thumbnail preview.

If you are unable to preview in File explorer, I suggest you to try the below steps.

1. Open a new File Explorer window and click the View tab from the ribbon toolbar.
   
2. Click Options, and then click Change folder and search options to open Folder Options dialog.
   
3. Check the Show preview handlers in preview pane box, and click/tap on OK.​
   
   
   

Please reply for all the required information to help you further.



Hope it helps.

 

Can you set certain applications to not display on second monitor?

Hi,

This concern may be due to your display configuration. In order to resolve this issue, we suggest that you edit it by following these steps:

• Press Windows + I.
• Select System, and then Display.
• Under Multiple displays select Extend these displays.
• Also, your display screens should be aligned. See picture below for reference:

Let us know if the steps provided resolved the issue.