{"id":476,"date":"2023-06-02T05:38:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/?p=476"},"modified":"2023-06-02T05:38:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:38:45","slug":"jpg-picture-or-thumbnail-preview-not-showing-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/02\/jpg-picture-or-thumbnail-preview-not-showing-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Jpg Picture or Thumbnail Preview Not Showing On Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Ways to resolve Thumbnail preview issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
If you have complaints related to Thumbnail previews on your Windows 10, then simply try these fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Check File Explorer Settings<\/li>
Change Visual Effects Settings<\/li>
Clear Thumbnails Cache<\/li>
Modify Windows 10 Registry Settings<\/li>
Edit Group Policy<\/li>
Restore File Explorer Settings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Check File Explorer Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Type File Explorer Options in the search box of your Windows 10 system and select the option File Explorer Options<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
2. A dialog box namely File Explorer Options<\/strong> will get opened. Here, switch to the View<\/strong> tab, and under the Advanced Settings<\/strong> section, ensure that Always show icons, never thumbnails<\/strong> option is not selected. If it is selected, then unselect it. Then, select OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
3. If the option was selected, then deselecting it might solve your problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Change Visual Effect Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
On your Windows 10 system, search View advanced system settings<\/strong> and select the same search result to open it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Next, a dialogue box System Properties<\/strong> will get opened. On the Advanced<\/strong> tab, click the Settings<\/strong> option under the Performance<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The Performance Options<\/strong> dialogue box will get opened. On the Visual Effects<\/strong> tab, under the Custom<\/strong> section, select two checkboxes \u2013 Save taskbar thumbnail previews<\/strong> and Show thumbnails instead of icons<\/strong>. Click on OK<\/strong> to save the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Now, check if thumbnails previews appear again.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Clear Thumbnails Cache<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Go to the Search menu and type Disk cleanup. Select the search result Disk Cleanup<\/strong>.<\/li>
Next, you need to select the system drive on which you want to perform the scan and cleanup. Click OK<\/strong> after the selection.<\/li>
The drive scanning process will get started. Wait till it finishes.<\/li>
Now, on the Disk Cleanup for System<\/strong> dialogue box, select Thumbnails and Temporary files checkboxes under Files to delete<\/strong> section. Click OK<\/strong> to delete the selections.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
5. It will delete the current (may be corrupted) Thumbnails cache from your system drive and Windows will create the new cache again on need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Modify Windows 10 Registry Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Press the Windows button and R alphabet on the keyboard together. Type regedit and click on OK.<\/li>
The Windows Registry Editor page will get opened. Go to the following locations one-by-one and create a DWORD name with \u201cDisable Thumbnails\u201d and set its value to 1 and click OK. (Value 1 = Disabling DWORD, Value 0 = Enabling DWORD.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
3. Exit the Registry Editor and restart the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Edit Group Policy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Type gpedit.msc<\/strong> in the Windows 10 run box (press Windows and R together) and click OK.<\/li>
The Local Group Policy<\/strong> Editor page will get opened. Here, on the left panel, follow this location \u2013<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
User Configuration>Administrative Templates>Start Menu and Taskbar<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Now, from the right panel, double click on the option Turn off taskbar thumbnails<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
4. On the next page, select the Disabled<\/strong> option and click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
5. Also, on the main Local Group Policy Editor page, move to this location \u2013User Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows components>File Explorer<\/strong>. Expand File Explorer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
6. From the right panel, double-click on Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
7. Again select Disabled option and click OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. Now exit the Local Group Policy Editor<\/strong> and restart your Windows 10 system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Restore File Explorer Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
On the Search menu of your system, type File Explorer Options<\/strong>, and from the search result, click on File Explorer Options.<\/li>
The File Explorer Options<\/strong> page will get opened. Here on the General<\/strong> tab, click on Restore Defaults<\/strong> option.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
3. Perform the same on the View<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Wait till the restoring gets completed. Click\u00a0OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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