This seems to be a bug.
You can try resyncing the files or unlink OneDrive from the PC settings for them to show up.
How to preview PNG/JPG files in the Preview Pane within Windows Explorer
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Today I can preview PDF files in the Preview Pane of Windows Explorer (Right Side) without any problem (I had to download Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and enable the option to preview PDF files in Windows Explorer), I've been trying to do the same with PNG and JPG files but no luck so far. I am not talking about previewing the files as Icons or Large Icons (left side of Windows Explorer), I want to have the large Preview that can use almost half of the Windows Explorer right side, thanks
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Anonymous
2018-01-21T16:51:55+00:00 -
Anonymous
2018-01-21T16:33:41+00:00 Go to the folder containing the JPEG and PNG files.
Select View tab
Click the Details pane to enable it
Select the JPEG and you should see a thumbnail preview. Resize the pane to see a larger version.
Sorry forgot to mention the issue is doing this with files in OneDrive, with the local Drives (C:/) works fine, in OneDrive I can see in the Preview Pane only PDF files, no PNG or JPG . I have the Files on Demand option enabled in OneDrive
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Anonymous
2018-01-21T16:30:23+00:00 Go to the folder containing the JPEG and PNG files.
Select View tab
Click the Details pane to enable it
Select the JPEG and you should see a thumbnail preview. Resize the pane to see a larger version.
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Anonymous
2018-01-21T16:53:53+00:00 This seems to be a bug.
You can try resyncing the files or unlink OneDrive from the PC settings for them to show up.
As soon as I disable Files on Demand in OneDrive everything started working right away. Clearly a bug, because the folder with the PNG files had to option set to "Always Keep a local file enabled", meaning the file was local to my computer.
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Anonymous
2018-01-21T16:25:39+00:00 Here is a great article that goes through doing just this.