Windows 10: [Workaround found] Show thumbnails in OneDrive folders without disabling Files On Demand?

Is there any way to make thumbnails work in OneDrive folders without disabling Files On Demand?


I would like thumbnails for my videos to appear, however the only way I have heard that let's me do this is to disable "Files On Demand" which will download every single file in my OneDrive. The "Videos" folder has "Always keep on this device" checked since I want to keep a local copy of my videos, however I don't want to download my entire OneDrive folder since I don't have enough local storage space for everything in it one of the reasons I use OneDrive in the first place, I use it as a backup for other things I don't need local copies of.


Is there any other way to make thumbnails appear for always-on-device files without having to download everything?


PS. It's strange that picture thumbnails always show but video thumbnails do not....


Edit: Searching for ".mp4" within the Videos folder will show the thumbnails, but they disappear again when I exit the search back to Videos. This leads me to believe this is a bug with File Explorer/OneDrive.


UPDATE: I have found a workaround for Microsoft's laziness. See my reply below.

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OneDrive, files on demand, and thumbnails

When "Files on demand" is enabled, I can't see the file thumbnails in folders inside OneDrive, even if the file is actually downloaded. How can I fix this?

 

Unable to disable OneDrive file on-demand

I need that this option can be disabled, I want all my files from onedrive to be available locally. For those that I don't, I've created special folder called Cloud only and that folder is deselected when choosing folders to sync in onedrive setup.

This workaround with make this available offline is not very good thing since it has to be set on every folder - if parent folder is made available offline subfolders don't necessarily sync to local disk. This is not good!

Please, allow me to freely enable/disable files on demand feature.

Regards.

 

OneDrive, files on demand, and thumbnails

Hello, my name is Gabriel S. I hope to help you today.

try the following:

Go to the taskbar and right-click on the OneDrive icon

Select more

A new window will open where you need to click on the Settings tab

Disable the files on demand services

Restart your PC and see if you can now see all the thumbnails properly.

Greetings.