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some JPG and PNG thumbnails disappeared

Anonymous
2018-05-29T17:58:07+00:00

Hallo,

a few weeks ago, I noticed that some thumbnails (jpg and png) which had previously been shown, were now not displaying.

When I visit a folder, and choose a the system icon for a photo, then open it (right click, open) it will open in photos. Then close it, navigate to a different folder, then back to the original one and the thumbnail of the photo appears properly. This only works one folder visit at a time.

Alternatively, open the photo in Paint, save it (without doing anything other than Save) and the thumbnail appears in File Explorer as soon as the image has been saved.

I have turned thumbnails off, then on again. No change.

I have deleted the cache (as recommended somewhere in these forums) but that does not force recreation of the missing thumbs.

The one-at-a-time open/save method above is not practical - I have 10,447 files in 593 folders in my OneDrive Pictures folder.

What can I do to get the thumbnails showing properly (like they used to)?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-05-29T17:59:24+00:00

    Mike please see this thread for help

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-05-29T18:13:01+00:00

    Which particular "answer" do you mean? That thread references:

    1. changing default program
    2. showing icons checked / not checked (tried that)
    3. file association change, check you are using photos (I am)
    4. Files on Demand is NOT enabled
    5. UPPER case JPG doesn't work/ lower case works - so change case. No, this impacts .jpg 
    6. SFC /DISM - usual by-the-book unhelpful have you tried switching it off and on again nonsense

    If anyone has an actual answer, I'd love to hear it. I suspect it is something to do with OneDrive and jpgs as mentioned by a couple of posters. But it is a right pain - it makes navigation through multiple folders of photos to find the one you want almost impractical.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-29T18:14:06+00:00

    the specific solution that I intended you to take from the link above is as follows

    "Finally found the solution.

    Now that Windows 10 has nearly removed the old Control Panel; several items which are only available via the Control Panel are harder to find.

    Open the old Control Panel; type into the Win10 Search Field "Control Panel" and then click the result to Open it. Make sure the Categories option is set; then click on Appearance and Personalisation; then File Explorer Options.

    A new window will open -- click on the View tab.

    The first choice "UNCHECK" Always show icons, never thumbnails.

    I have now also found this same setting in the View Menu of Windows 10 File Explorer. At the far right-side of the header ribbon after clicking on the View Tab is an icon labelled Options.

    Clicking this -- select the first choice "Change Folder and Search Options. A new window opens. Click on the View Tab; then again UNCHECK the first choice "Always show icons, never thumbnails."

    Source https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/fo...

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-29T18:19:42+00:00

    As I said in my original post, I already turned thumbnails off then on again.

    Unchecking "Always show icons, never thumbnails" was one of the first things I tried.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-06-15T10:29:45+00:00
    2 people found this answer helpful.
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