Windows 10: mp4 video thumbnails are not showing in Windows Photos

mp4 video thumbnails are not showing in Windows Photos

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can i show Photos BUT NOT videos on windows 11 file explore thumbnail

Since updated from Windows 10 to 11, if i have 1 JPG and 1 MP4 file in each folder, and when i preview my file folders on File Explorer, it shows a thumbnail of the video but not photo. Can I change in the other way around (ie. show thumbnail of photo, BUT NOT videos) on the thumbnail?

 

.MP4 files lose their thumbnails in the Win 10 Photos app, when viewing in "Collection" mode.

First:

Win 10 Home.

Version 1607 (OS Build 14393.576).

Microsoft Photos 16.1118.10000.0.

All available update applied.

Everything, that I know of, works perfectly, except for the following very odd issue with the Photos app.

I power on my pc and then start the Photos app.

I choose the "Collection" option to view all of my files.

Some of my files are .jpg's and some are .mp4's.

Initially, the "Collection" view shows thumbnails for all of my files. Both the .jpg's and the .mp4's.

And this is great.

Most times, I can end the Photos app and restart it several times a day and everything looks good.

But occasionally, when I restart the Photos app, I see thumbnails for all of the .jpg files BUT, instead of having a unique thumbnail for each .mp4 file, I have instead, a grey box, with a round circle in the middle, for each .mp4 file.

I can double click on these boxes and the .mp4 files play just fine.

It's just that my thumbnails have been replaced with these grey boxes.

What always works (to return the .mp4 thumbnails), is to restart the pc.

When the photos app stops showing the thumbnails, if I navigate to the folder that holds the .mp4 files, they all show as little thumbnails in file manager. (As they should.)

It's just the Photos app no longer shows the thumbnails for the .mp4 files.

The thumbnails for the .jpg's do continue to appear in the Photos "Collection" view.

Anyone else have this very odd issue ?

Suggestions would be very much appreciated.

Thanks.

Ray in a snowy and cold Wisconsin

 

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