Hi. I was hoping someone could give me some advice on how to get my picture thumbnails to show the actual picture versus the default lake. I have Windows Vista Home Basic.
At first, it was just some of the pictures in the folder that were defaulting. It did not appear to be a specific type; however, when I put them in order by date, it did appear that it actually started happening after a particular date. I could never figure out what may have caused it though and system restore didn't fix it.
The weird thing is they tend to flash up when I first open the folder but then go back to that default.
That said, some of the things I have read and tried to do to fix it:
1) I have Always show icons, never thumbnails unchecked
2) Used System Tools to delete and rebuild thumbnail cache (yes Windows Photo Gallery is set as the default).
I don't know, I thought I followed directions, but maybe I did #2 wrong because it actually made it worse and now NONE of the thumbnails show and they are all now the default icons. It said it would rebuild when I opened the folder....it doesn't.
Any other advice?
At first, it was just some of the pictures in the folder that were defaulting. It did not appear to be a specific type; however, when I put them in order by date, it did appear that it actually started happening after a particular date. I could never figure out what may have caused it though and system restore didn't fix it.
The weird thing is they tend to flash up when I first open the folder but then go back to that default.
That said, some of the things I have read and tried to do to fix it:
1) I have Always show icons, never thumbnails unchecked
2) Used System Tools to delete and rebuild thumbnail cache (yes Windows Photo Gallery is set as the default).
I don't know, I thought I followed directions, but maybe I did #2 wrong because it actually made it worse and now NONE of the thumbnails show and they are all now the default icons. It said it would rebuild when I opened the folder....it doesn't.
Any other advice?
