Windows 10: Want Icons on Desktop & thumbnails in Explorer - Win11

What I want was possible and I used it in Win10...but now that I've been forced into Win11 it seems like Microsoft can no longer do this simple thing. I want to see only icons on my desktop. I'd be okay with thumbnails of jpgs on the desktop. But I DO NOT want thumbnails of documents on my desktop...thumbnails of documents are ridiculous and unhelpful and distracting. BUT I also want to see thumbnails of jpgs when I'm in file explorer - especially in the preview pane. I've been all over the internet and no one seems to mention this exact problem. The various locations of the "always show i

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All icons & thumbnails gone in Windows Explorer & desktop


Hi all,

On turning on my laptop yesterday (for the first time in a couple of days), all my icons are now missing:





This also includes thumbnails, etc:





I have tried restarting / full shutdown a few times with no effect.

Any suggestions much appreciated!

Thanks,

Paul

 

Flashing Thumbnails and Desktop Icons 2019

I have this problem when I navigate with Windows Explorer into certain Folders.

Desktop Icons flash between outline and picture. File Thumbnails flash between outlines and Thumbnails. Green bar never finishes. Computer is almost unusable and Windows Explorer has to be killed with Task Manager then can be restarted with Task Manager
(Run/explorer).

Many suggestions to Rebuild Icons and Thumbnails do not help, problem immediately recurs when I navigate into certain directories.

Terrible policy for Microsoft to LOCK THREADS so if subsequent solutions are found they cannot be posted!!!!

 

Thumbnail support for Adobe Applications within Windows Explorer

The OP doesn't want icons, they want to see thumbnails showing an image of the document contents for all the Adobe file types listed.