Windows 10: Recreate Thumbnail for a Single File

Discus and support Recreate Thumbnail for a Single File in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Any way to recreate a Windows Explorer thumbnail for a single file? I have thousands upon thousands of images so deleting the thumbnail cache is not a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/HarryMuscle, Jan 18, 2021.

  1. Recreate Thumbnail for a Single File


    Any way to recreate a Windows Explorer thumbnail for a single file? I have thousands upon thousands of images so deleting the thumbnail cache is not a solution for me. I just need to recreate a single thumbnail that for some reason didn't get created correctly. I'm open to any suggestions (as long as the file name stays the same) or third party apps?

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    /u/HarryMuscle, Jan 18, 2021
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  2. Dgo47 Win User

    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?
     
    Dgo47, Jan 18, 2021
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  3. jsmin Win User
    Windows Explorer crashes and thumbnails problem

    Hi, I hope you can help me.
    Windows Explorer is no longer showing thumbnails on files played by Windows Media Player. I've run cmd and regsvr32 shmedia.dll and regsvr32 shimgvw.dll. That seemed to solve the problem...but it created a different one. Now when I try to open a folder on an external hard drive it crashes. I read in an old 2008 post it was an avi file causing the problem and suggested the run cmd regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll. That solved the opening problem but recreated the thumbnail problem. Any help to achieve both functions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
     
    jsmin, Jan 18, 2021
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  4. Recreate Thumbnail for a Single File

    Windows 10 Picture Files not updating thumbnails

    Hi,

    I realize that the picture files are not updating thumbnails. I will try to help you with this issue.

    Suggest you to perform “Disk Cleanup”, cleaning up the temporary internet files, thumbnail, cookies and temp files, so as to check the thumbnail view of the photo is updated by cleaning up your temporary data.

    Further, if the issue persists then you can also follow these steps:


    • Right click in the Folder that contains the images.

    • Select View.

    • Note the current icon size, and change it to another size (ie: "Medium-Icons" to "Large-Icons", then back to "Medium-Icons").

    • This causes the icons to be resized and their cache updated.

    Keep us informed to help you further.
     
    Srimadhwa B, Jan 18, 2021
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