

Make sure to clear the check mark for the Always show icons, never thumbnails option.

In the case, thumbnails are still not showing at all on Windows 10, chances are that someone or something messed up with your folder settings. Now you should be able to browse files and folders on your computer with thumbnail previews showing up correctly. Type the following command to start File Explorer and press Enter:Ĭlose Command Prompt to complete the task. Type the following command to delete all the thumbnail database files without asking for confirmation and press Enter:ĭel /f /s /q /a %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_*.db Type the following command to stop File Explorer and press Enter:

How to recreate the thumbnail cache using Disk Cleanup And the ability to add named groups to the tiles on the Start menu makes it much easier to navigate.In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the process to recreate the thumbnail database using the Disk Cleanup tool and Command Prompt to solve this problem. That said, the new Start menu has gone a long way in cleaning up and sorting out the monstrous All Apps menu in the previous tech preview. Similarly, drag-and-drop used to work on the left side of the Start menu but not so in this build. Most distressing, the methods for customizing folders on the Start menu - features that have been around since Vista - seem to be broken in this build. I tried to reproduce the Start menu tricks that I explored in the November technical preview (build 9860) - which I showed in a previous InfoWorld slideshow - and several of the old techniques didn't work in the current version. But you can scroll through the tiles on the right. Second, unlike in the previous technical preview, the Start menu can't be stretched either horizontally or vertically - it's one static size. Although there have been some leaked screenshots of transparent Start Menu builds (shown on the right), this build has only solid colors. In build 9926, Windows 10's iconic Start menu shows disappointing UI choices.įirst step back: the background's monotonous color.
