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

Yooki21 15 Reputation points
2023-04-06T01:38:26.5933333+00:00

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.

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  1. Les Ferch 61 Reputation points
    2023-07-20T15:55:25.8566667+00:00

    There's no built-in method to switch to full size folder thumbnails, but you can replace the mask icon with one that will give you full size thumbnails.

    Here's a free tool that I wrote to do that for you:

    https://lesferch.github.io/FolderThumbnailFix/

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  2. Limitless Technology 44,766 Reputation points
    2023-04-06T09:15:07.3166667+00:00

    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--

  3. Felipe De Jesús López Herrera 0 Reputation points
    2025-03-12T18:13:46.8866667+00:00

    It works fine on my computer. I have Windows 11 Mini OS installed and Kaspersky as my antivirus, and it doesn't flag them as a threat

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