SOLVED Explorer Thumbnail Preview Randomly Stopped Working. Yes I've tried folder options.

[withinward]

Hello Community,

New to the forum so hopefully I'm posting correctly. Like the title says, picture preview has randomly stopped working. I use this feature daily for work so this is crippling. No changed settings, no newly installed apps. It was working fine and then it wasn't. I've done all the things a quick Google search suggested...double checking folder settings, cleared Explorer image cache and restarted several times. Windows is up to date. WTF? Any gurus care to chime in? Please help!

 

[Wolfie]

HI withinward,

have you tried resetting Explorer and then playing around with the settings again?:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/17707-reset-folder-view-settings-default-windows-10-a.html

For Internet Explorer:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17441/windows-internet-explorer-change-reset-settings

 

[withinward]

Tried your suggestion. No dice. It's really strange too. Medium Icons will show the preview, but as soon as I switch over to Large or Extra Large, it immediately switches back to icons.

 

[withinward]

Found the problem;

I had recently installed Google Drive Stream and decided to try uninstalling it. Thumbnails came back! I then re-installed GDS and not it and thumbnails are working. That was a weird one.

 

[withinward]

Correction. The problem persists with Google Drive Stream installed. Uninstalled for good.

 

[Trouble]

Thanks for sharing your experience and solution.
Much appreciated.

 

[Bruce Banks]

Seems to me some programs seem to think they "own" your PC. Case in point, CyberLink Media Suite that came with my Blu-Ray burner decided it owned all my music. But ,again,so did iTunes.
Not sure what other programs / apps do.
I do know Google and Firefox are both pushing new features which is why I stopped allowing automatic install a long time ago

 

[Bruce Banks]

As to disappearing thumbnails - WIn 10 retired windows photo viewer and defaulted to photos and all I saw on desktop was a bunch of blue mountain icons. 1/2 hour with windows tech support gave a 30 second fix:
On desktop search box enter "file options" , click on "file explorer options" and then click on view.
There you can uncheck the box saying "Always show icons, never show thumbnails"
As long as I select folders from File Explorer all is good. If i open download file inside Firefox I still only see icons
PS I did not see the option to apply to all files & folders as seen in Wolfie's post - Am I missing something

 

[Wolfie]

HI Bruce,

start a new thread and we can discuss it further.

Refer to this link iif you want to! (assuming that is indeed what you mean?).

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/17707-reset-folder-view-settings-default-windows-10-a.html

 

[Bruce Banks]

not sure how to start a new link

 

[Bruce Banks]

HI Bruce,

start a new thread and we can discuss it further.

Refer to this link iif you want to! (assuming that is indeed what you mean?).

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/17707-reset-folder-view-settings-default-windows-10-a.html

 

[Wolfie]

Go here: https://www.windows10forums.com/forums/general-discussion.2/ and right near to the very top of the page on the right is "Post New Thread".

 

[Bruce Banks]

Hi Wolfie - Done
Maybe your #2 fix is more universal , now if I can just figure out how to refer to your link

 

[Bruce Banks]

Go here: https://www.windows10forums.com/forums/general-discussion.2/ and right near to the very top of the page on the right is "Post New Thread".

Link is Thumbnails replaced by blue mountain Photo's icon
I think my unset and your reset defaults need a closer look.

 

[Bruce Banks]

Link is Thumbnails replaced by blue mountain Photo's icon
I think my unset and your reset defaults need a closer look.