Windows 10: Onedrive turns thumbnail images to icons

Is there any way to use Onedrive without every files thumbnail image in Windows 11 home, converting to an icon? I cannot open every file just to see what it is. I troubleshooted the problem for an hour before I realized Onedrive was the issue. After unsyncing Onedrive from my Windows account all of my thumbnail images immediately appeared. I got the idea from another Windows user who figured it out on here. Does anyone have a solution for this? And is Microsoft aware that syncing Onedrive to your windows account turns all of your thumbnail images to icons and there's no troubleshooting to fix

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Preview Pane for Images/Some Thumbnails/Photos not Working Only on OneDrive Folder

The preview pane and thumbnails as well as the Photos app are not working, but only on my OneDrive folder. It works fine on an exact copy of the same files that are not in the OneDrive synced folder structure (and known to Windows as being OneDrive).

• Open OneDrive Folder, navigate to photos directory
• Sony Raw images (.ARW) do not show thumbnails. (I have the Sony plug in installed)
• Double click on a raw file, Photos says "We can't open this file."
• Click on a jpeg file, and with preview window turned on, no preview appears
• Double click on jpeg file, opens fine in Photos, and then the preview window image appears

• Navigate to a directory that is not synced to OneDrive
• Sony Raw thumbnails show up fine. They also show up in the preview window.
• Double click on Raw file and Photos opens it up without problems

• Back to OneDrive photo directory
• Copy raw file to desktop
• Immediately the thumbnail appears and the file can be opened with Photos. The same file that it can't open from Explorer in the OneDrive directory

This is only happening on my desktop. My laptop is fine. Both same versions of Windows 10 Version 1709 OS Build 16299.19

 

Thumbnails not showing after uploading files to OneDrive

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are unable to view thumbnails in OneDrive for models. You may refer the steps mentioned in the section
Show image thumbnails and previews from the article
Change views on the OneDrive website and see if that helps.



If the issue persists, I suggest you to contact the OneDrive support team for assistance with the issue. Follow the below steps to contact the OneDrive support team.



Sign in to OneDrive.com from any browser, click the ‘?’ help icon on the top banner of the page and select
Email OneDrive support. Submit your question and follow the prompts to request support.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Can't see Thumbnails in photos -- just the Windows Icon

Hi suggest you eliminate Onedrive from the equation and use or put a photo/image file in a folder not synched by Onedrive.

Then check settings here:




A screenshot can help- thus:




For more: search the forum for e.g.
no thumbnails for image files ->