Changing a Folders Thumbnail Picture

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The discussion centers on changing folder thumbnail pictures in Windows Vista for music folders stored on an external USB hard drive. Users reported that despite right-clicking to customize and applying new thumbnails, the changes do not take effect. The issue may stem from the folder type not being set to "Music Icons," or it could be related to the external hard drive's settings. Users confirmed that the album cover images are present in the folders, yet the customization fails to apply.

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  • Understanding of Windows Vista folder customization features
  • Familiarity with external hard drive configurations
  • Knowledge of folder type settings, specifically "Music Icons"
  • Basic troubleshooting skills for file management in Windows
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This discussion is beneficial for Windows Vista users, particularly those managing music collections on external hard drives, as well as anyone interested in folder customization techniques.

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I am running Windows Vista and have an external harddrive connected via USB. I store all my music on it and want to change the thumbnail pictures to the album covers that are already in the folders but when I right click, customize and apply new thumbnail, nothing happens. Why can't I change my folder thumbnail?
 
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the folder types are already music folders
they are just new folders that i put albums of music in that i got via torrents (shhh) so basically ur suppose to be able to right click and change the folder cover picture as long ast the folder itself contains the picture that you want to apply. After hitting apply, nothing happens, perhaps it has to do with the fact that its on an external hard drive? Thanks for your response tho. i appreciate that at least 1 person could comment after 44 views. :-P
 

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