Windows 10: How to turn off thumbnails for certain file types

Hi thereI'm trying to find a solution to turn off the thumbnail display for word and pdf files. Excel, notes files show an icon as standard and I would like other work files to do the same. It was like that with my old PC but with the new one is somehow different. The option 'Always show icons, never thumbnails' does not work in this case, as I would like the pictures to stay as thumbnails. When I turn on the 'Always show icons, never thumbnails' option, pictures display as icons too. Maybe someone could advise what needs to be changed, please?

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No thumbnails issue in Windows 10

Thank you for your prompt response. Certain folder options can cause the thumbnails not to appear in your File Explorer. Let us follow these steps to ensure that the thumbnail settings are enabled:

• Using Windows Search, type and click File Explorer Options.
• Click on View tab.
• Uncheck the Always show icons, never thumbnails checkbox.

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File Explorer not showing thumbnails

Brink,

Many thanks for you reply. I have done all the steps you suggested, but no change,

When I open a folder containing photos, some open correctly but the vast majority open with thumbnails, but they very quickly get overwritten and you can not longer see the thumbnails.

Are there any more suggestions?

 

Windows Explorer thumbnail preview file types

Yes, that's correct. But of course Windows must support the thumbnail preview for programs that generate thumbnails.

For example, I see in your second screenshot that PDF files icons are displayed as the default PDF file type icon. But Windows supports PDF files thumbnails, and you have to set it so that Windows can display them. An easy way to do it is by the following setting in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC:






Back to my initial point, I want a list of Windows 10 officially supported file types thumbnails, so I can seek solutions for those Windows does not support.