Hello there! I recently had a system update on my Windows 7 PC, and after the update, it would not show some of the album art in Windows Explorer. I have all my CDs ripped into separate folders, and some of the folders would show correctly - others just plain wouldn't. As far as I could tell, there was no difference in the file structure between a problem folder and one that was working. I used attrib -s -h on the commnad line to make sure there were no unexpected files or anything.
I used System Restore to roll back the update, and voila! I get the album art displaying consistently across my entire music folder. I'm at a bit of a loss to know what else to say about it, and wonder if anyone else has had the same issue, or better still, knows something about what might have happened during the update.
Check if every folder contains the file folder.jpg.
Or the other way round:
Load the files into MP3tag
Select the files.
Use an action (quick) of the type "Export cover" with
Filename: Folder
Execute the action.
If you still find folders without cover display, check whether the files in that folder have an embedded cover and export it.
It could also be that your thumbnail cache has been cleared during this update.
It will be rebuilded automatically - over time.
I'm just curious:
Windows 7 is no more supported from Microsoft since 14.01.2020. How did you get a "system update" 4 years after Win7's "End of Life"?
In addition to the good advice given above, consider this:
There is a very handy free utility for Windows 7 and later that gives you complete control over which images are shown in Explorer views: Icaros Shell Extensions:
I've used Icaros for years and it works flawlessy. Among other things, it will pull images from videos that otherwise would never show as images in Windows Explorer. Just add the file extension(s) to the Thumbnailing list. Even WebP and WebM are supported.
