3 Ways to Fix Thumbnails Not Appearing in Windows 10
An easy way to fix image or video thumbnails that don’t appear on windows 10
Windows 10 has a File Explorer, or commonly referred to as Windows Explorer. Windows explorer in Windows 10 offers eight views for thumbnails or thumbnails of a file, including Extra Large icons, Large icons, Small icons, Tiles, List, Content, Medium icons, and Details.
To more easily choose the various views, you can use the menu tab, namely the tab View at the top of the File Explorer window.
When you change the Windows Explorer view that is set to Extra large icons, Large icons, Medium icons, Details, or Tiles mode, File Explorer will automatically display thumbnails (thumbnails) display of photos and videos to make it easier for you to find the files you need.
How to Fix Thumbnails Image Not Appearing in Windows 10
But sometimes File Explorer may not be able to display thumbnails for image and video files. If this happens to you, immediately do some of the ways below to fix it.
1. Check Thumbnail Settings in File Explorer
1. First, please open File Explorer on your laptop.
2. If your thumbnail doesn’t work, it will look like the image below.
2. Then, please click menu File which is in the top left corner. Then, click Change folder and search options. As in the image below.
3. Then, please select the menu tab View. As in the image below.
4. Then, make sure the box Always show icons, never thumbnails unchecked. Then, click OK. As shown in the image below.
5. Done. Try to see if your thumbnail appears. If successful, the display will look like the image below.
If it doesn’t appear, try following the next method below.
2. Enable Thumbnail Feature Through System Properties
1. First, please open File Explorer.
2. Then, please click right on This PC and please choose Properties. As in the image below.
3. Then, please click Advanced system settings in the left menu as shown in the image below.
4. Then a new window will appear. Please click the menu tab Advanced, then please click Settings. As shown in the image below.
5. Then, make sure you have ticked Show thumbnails instead of icons. Then, click OK. As in the image below.
6. Done. Please check your file again whether the thumbnail has appeared or not. Usually after going through this method the thumbnail will appear normally. If it doesn’t appear, it usually only happens to some files and the way to fix it is to clean up cache thumbnails.
3. Clear Thumbnail Cache
1. Please open File Explorer on your laptop.
2. Then, please right click on Local Disk (C:), then please click Properties. As shown in the image below.
3. Then, please click the menu tab General. Then, click Disk Cleanup. As in the image below.
4. Then, please uncheck all options except for Thumbnails. Then, click Ok. As in the image below.
5. Then a confirmation window will appear to delete files. Please click Delete Files. As shown in the image below. You don’t have to worry, this process only clears the cache, not the actual files.
6. Done. Your thumbnail will immediately appear according to the contents of the relevant file and will no longer display the icon.
So this article discusses how to solve or bring back thumbnail images in Windows 10. This article has provided 3 ways that you can try. Hopefully the above methods can help to bring your thumbnail back. Thank you
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