Beginning from Windows Vista, Windows operating system creates and generates a preview thumbnail for almost every file which the file format is supported when the file is been viewed in Windows Explorer, regardless view type selected, including photos, pictures, videos, documents, etc. The Extra Large Icons, Large Icons, Medium Icons and Tiles view will show the thumbnails of the files, while Small Icons, List and Details view does not.
Pdf Preview Thumbnails Windows 10
If you have installed the Adobe Reader DC in the previous operate system and updated to Windows 10, the pdf thumbnails will disappear and the file explorer fails to display them. Running the previous pdf fix utility is not working. It seems to be a fundamental and long-standing bug. How to fix pdf thumbnails not showing in File explorer of. Method 1: Enable thumbnail preview in Windows 10 using Folder Options: Open This PC or File Manager, click on File and click on Change Folder and search options or Options. In the Folder Options box, Go to the view tab and uncheck “Always show icons, never thumbnails” which, is under Files and Folders section.