Windows 10: Windows 11 Folder Thumbnail not displaying

I have an issue that when I try to use my external hard drive in Windows 11 where it ran the update previously, inside the directory although I have the option 'Show only icons, never thumbnails' is unchecked, the folder thumbnail could not show normally but however in PC D drive or other external hard drives, the thumbnails could work properly. Whenever I try to create a new folder and put the files inside, the thumbnail also could not display in the external hard drive. May I ask are there any solutions to fix the thumbnail not displaying while there are files and folders inside the director

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Is there any way to fix how thumbnails are displayed on folders in Windows 11?

After upgrading to Windows 11 (completely up to date afaik) I noticed how thumbnails are displayed on folders. Frankly, it's terrible.

I'm looking for any way to make it so that the thumbnail takes up most of the folder icon or even displays it how it did in Windows 10 with the vertical folder. I do photography and the way thumbnails are displayed makes rapidly browsing them unintuitive plus it just bothers me how it cuts the image in half in such an awkward way. I've gone through every setting and preference I can think of, tried different themes, DPI settings, folder view settings, changing the icon, refreshing the thumbnail cache etc. with no luck.

 

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Don't know if this helps

Enable or Disable Thumbnail Previews in File Explorer in Windows 10


Is it possible to display icons for Start Menu program list folders?

 

Windows 11: Thumbnail previews do not show on folders

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