Windows 10: Windows 10 Task View - Larger Thumbnails!

Hi There,


I'm a big fan of the Win+Tab Task View functionality to quickly manage multiple open windows on my desktop.

However, I'm not a fan of how small the previews of the different images are - is there a way such as a registry edit to make the preview images much much larger?

My hope would be to have these icons at least twice as large as they currently are, so I can effectively see what the different previews are showing me.






Another thing that would be amazing but less likely to be possible Is to have the previews appear proportionate to where the open window was on the screen - ie, if I have a page on the left of the screen and another page on the right, the corresponding task view preview will show them in that order, as opposed to most recently used. This is how the mission control on Mac works lol


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

:)

 

Task view thumbnails

At least we got a progress after performing a clean boot. Now, since there are instances that the thumbnails are still disappearing, then this may have something to do with the thumbnail cache. So, here's what to do next.

Follow the steps below to recreate the thumbnail cache using Disk Cleanup:

• Open File Explorer.
• Click This PC on the left pane.
• Right-click the C: driver where Windows 10 is installed and select Properties.
• Next, click Disk Cleanup.
• Uncheck all the boxes, then check the Thumbnail box only.
• Click OK, then click Delete Files to confirm and to complete the task.

After that, you should be able to browse files and folders on your computer with thumbnail previews showing up correctly.

Let us know if this goes well for you.

 

Task view thumbnails

Since you already performed all the suggested steps, yet the thumbnails are still disappearing, and based on what you've stated, this started after the recent Windows Update, then we suggest that you perform a
Repair Upgrade using the Media Creation Tool. For more information about this action, you can refer to this article:

How to: Perform a Repair Upgrade Using the Windows 10 ISO file.

Get back to us with the result.

 

Windows 10 quicktime thumbnails

Hi Ali,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Please provide more information to help :

• 
  When you say "the thumbnails are just icons", is that on a local account or the Microsoft account?
  
• 
  Do you have the latest version of ProRes or iTunes installed on the pc?
  

I suggest you to follow the steps below and verify the result.

• 
  Go to file explorer and clock on view.
  
• 
  Select Options and Go to View.
  
• 
  Under Files and folders uncheck the box always show icon, never thumbnails.
  

I also suggest you to install any pending Windows updates on the pc to check if that helps. Updates are additions to software that can help prevent or fix problems, improve how your computer works, or enhance your computing experience.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.