Hi. The Pictures folder on my PC changed radically after a Windows update. My thumbnails have all changed to the same blue and white image, so I have to labor through the unlabeled ones to see what's there. Any suggestions about how to get my thumbnails back?
Chuck
Can you post a screenshot?
Thanks! I'll try this first.
Chuck
flycaster wrote:
Hi. The Pictures folder on my PC changed radically after a Windows update. My thumbnails have all changed to the same blue and white image, so I have to labor through the unlabeled ones to see what's there. Any suggestions about how to get my thumbnails back?
Chuck
As with most Windows tasks, there's more than one way to do this. Here's one.
1. Open File Explorer and go to any pictures folder (you might want to use the folder that gremlins got into). See the first screenshot below. Click
Home then
Properties then
Properties again then
Customize, and finally, from the drop-down menu,
Pictures if it isn't already selected. Click
Apply then
OK (second screenshot).
I'm guessing Pictures isn't selected, and that's why Windows changed your previews to icons. But maybe not, so here's more:
2. Again in the Windows Explorer menu up top, click on
View. At the far right, click on
Options then
Change folder and search options. That'll bring up a popup (third screenshot). Click on
View.3. Uncheck the box that says
Always show icons, never thumbnails (last screenshot). Click
Apply to folders (to make this apply to all pictures folders), then click
Apply at the bottom, then
OK to close out the windows, and voila!
Thanks! I'll try this.
Chuck
Desert Gecko- it worked! Thanks SO much!
Chuck
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