Folders in Extra Large view only shows half of a thumbnail. How to make it full size?

Question

Hi folks!!! The extra large Folder view in Explorer is only showing a half size thumbnail. Is there a way to revert it to the windows 10 full size thumbnail? If not is there software that does? Thanks alot in advance.

Answer 1

Hello Thank you for your question and reaching out. I can understand you are having query\issues related to

1. The "thumbnail.db" hidden files, which contain the data to display the previews, can be reset and rebuilt in a number different ways on Windows 10 if you're having this problem.
2. Run Disk Cleanup from Select C:\ Drive from Properties- > General -> Disk Cleanup - >Cleanup system files and also select Thumbnail. --If the reply is helpful, please Upvote and Accept as answer--

Answer 2

Double post

Answer 3

I would also like to see the old large thumbnail of Windows 10, also implemented on Windows 11. Still I don't think this is possible. Hopefully in a future update...

Answer 4

There's no built-in method to switch to full size folder thumbnails, but you can replace the icon masks with ones that will give you full size thumbnails using a tool such as CustomizerGod.

Here's a tutorial . The included link to the custom icon masks is broken, but you can find them here.

Answer 5

In Win 10, displaying a user specified image superimposed on the folder was a highly useful feature in organizing image folders. Win 10 example:

(Note: it works in large icon mode also.)

Win 11 renders feature almost useless by displaying only a fraction of the image and yet doesn't fix a problem or add functionality.

This breaks all the effort put into organizing my image files.