Windows 10: How to show actual images in Windows folders instead of placeholder icons

Is there a setting to change so I can see the actual jpg or other actual images in a windows folder? All I can see are the placeholder icons; I want to see the actual images.

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Photo Icons in the Picture Folders

Hi,

Misconfigured view settings is on of the usual reasons why it is not displaying the actual photo. We suggest checking the settings of your folder to make sure it show the icons, instead of the thumbnail. Kindly follow the steps below to check it:

• Open Picture folder.
• Choose View tab at the top, then click the (Square icon) Options as shown on the picture below:
  
  
• Click View tab, put a check mark on the box beside the
  Always show icons, never thumbnails. See picture below:
  
  
  
• Close the folder, and check if you will be able to see the display picture for each icon.

Kindly update us with the outcome.

 

Windows 10 showing device icons instead of thumbnails in folders

Hello,

I recently copied some of my data onto two external hard drives. Windows isn't showing thumbnails for folders on one of the drives correctly. Instead of showing me the correct thumbnails, I get a thumbnail for the device icon for one of my hard drives:





These folders do not contain the image shown and are actually empty. All folders on the hard drive do this and it doesn't make a difference what type of files are inside the folder. My internal hard drive does not do this. My other external hard drive was
doing this but then stopped. This doesn't happen if I plug the hard drive into any of my other PC's.

I have tried the following with no success:

• Running Disk Cleanup to remove thumbnails
• Manually rebuilding the icon cache
• Deleting all the data from the drive and copying it again
• Performing an in-place upgrade

How can I make these thumbnails show correctly again?

Thank you,

 

Windows 10 showing device icons instead of thumbnails in folders

Thanks for the feedback. In that case, let's look into the appearance and performance settings of your computer. Please follow the steps below:

• In the Cortana search bar, type in Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows, then click it in the search results to open the
  Performance Options window.
  
• In the Virtual Effects tab, ensure that the Show thumbnails instead of icons option is checked.
• Click Apply, then OK.

If the folders still show the device icon, then please go back to the
Performance Options window, tick Adjust for best appearance option, then click
Apply > OK. Check if the folders are showing thumbnails. If it's still the same, then go back to the
Performance Options window and tick Let Windows choose what's best for my computer.

Update us with the result.

Regards.