Windows 10: thumbnails not displaying in Windows 10 -- have tried "everything"

Hi,
My thumbnails are not displaying correctly. First, what I've tried:

• I've tried un-checking "always show icons never thumbnails" in the view options and I applied to every folder. Didn't help.
• I did disk cleanup on thumbnails. Did not work.
• I went into the command prompt and tried "del /f .... %Local ...." full command, abbreviated here and deleted old thumbnail data. Still no change.
• I tried changing the thumbnails to large and back to medium again.

Is there anything else for me to try? Is there an update that will solve this? Most of my thumbnails are never loading now and nothing is working.

Jenny

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Thumbnails

Hi Alan,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

Follow the steps provided below to turn Thumbnails on/off:

• Open File Explorer.
• In the Menu bar, click on View and then Options.
• In the View tab, uncheck/check the option for “Display file icon on thumbnails” to disable/enable thumbnails.

Hope the information is helpful. Please revert back with necessary information and we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Displaying Thumbnails for .jpg files in Windows 10 File Explorer

For some reason I cannot get File Explorer in Windows 10 to display thumbnails of my .jpg files. That makes scanning through hundreds of photos very tedious. I am using a desktop, a standard display monitor, manual keyboard, and mouse -- no touch screen.

I have done everything I have found on-line to no avail. Those efforts include:

• Going to Folder Options and ensuring that "Always show icons, never thumbnails" is unchecked...no change was necessary.
• Making sure "Large Icons" are selected in the picture toolbar View tab
• Clearing thumbnail cache as described on-line
• And everything else which I no longer remember.

Some observations:

• A few of my photos do display as thumbnails, e.g., 1 or 2 in a folder of dozens, but the majority are just the large icon.
  
• As one would expect, there are different icons for photos and videos.
• Sometimes, but not always, if I open a photo, it will then display as a thumbnail.
  
• In the folders where I have the photos saved, there is frequently a file labeled thumbs.db.
• Occasionally, as I open a folder holding photos, for the "blink of an eye" thumbnails will display before the photos become icons.

Another curious observation is that when I attempt to change (rename) a file from a name with upper case letters to lower case, the change does not display after hitting enter, e.g., IMG_1234.JPG renamed as img_1234.jpg. The displayed file name below the
icon stays in uppercase, but if I select "rename", it displays in lower case, but hitting enter still displays it in uppercase. This appears to be the case for all files, not just photos. Probably has nothing to do with the issue, but is curious nonetheless.

I am seeking any new suggestions as I am at my wit's end.

TIA,

Bill

 

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?