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

Yooki21 15

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.

Nikos A 10 Reputation points

2023-05-07T23:13:12.2333333+00:00

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...
Jeff Lormans 15 Reputation points

2023-07-20T14:24:51.4033333+00:00

Infuriating. Lost all my thumbnails when upgrading from xp to win 7 and now can only see top half of my thumbnails upgrading to win 11. Why do I bother? Who the hell implements this nonsense?
dankos 0 Reputation points

2024-07-01T21:39:33.2533333+00:00

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.
Les Ferch 46 Reputation points

2024-07-01T21:47:42.4+00:00

Agreed, the new thumbnail design is crap. You can post a complaint (or upvote similar complaints) on Feedback Hub, FWIW. Otherwise, you can hack Windows to show a full image (see my post above from Jul 20, 2023).
Codex 0 Reputation points

2024-09-09T19:21:05.1666667+00:00

Please add back Windows 10's full-size folder thumbnails. They are so much better and we have been asking for them for years
Les Ferch 46 Reputation points

2025-02-15T16:38:42.11+00:00

Here's a free tool I wrote that will replace the mask icon for you:

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

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Limitless Technology 44,541 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

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.

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--
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RevyTwoHand 25 Reputation points

2023-04-15T07:18:26.4233333+00:00

He did not ask how to do it ON Windows 10. He wants to know how to get the full thumbnail preview that is LIKE Windows 10’s File thumbnails on WINDOWS 11. As of right now the bottom half of the folder thumbnail is covered up on WINDOWS 11.
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Les Ferch 46 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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