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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:26 am
Post subject: Thumbnails missing
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Hi, I having this problem with thumbnails in vista not showing up for
some time now. I have basically read all the threads I could and still
found no solution. I believe this all started when I first installed
CCleaner which probably erased my thumbnail cache but, on the other
hand, when I open a folder with some images, they thumbnails show up
for, say, a second and then quickly regenerate to the default image,
which could mean the cache is still there.
I've tried the folder options, performance settings, registry edit...
and still no impact.
I run a home premium 32b.
Thank you in advance

(I'm not sure this is the right forum section I should be posting this
thread to)


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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:38 am
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antonio;918415 Wrote:
> Hi, I having this problem with thumbnails in vista not showing up for
> some time now. I have basically read all the threads I could and still
> found no solution. I believe this all started when I first installed
> CCleaner which probably erased my thumbnail cache but, on the other
> hand, when I open a folder with some images, they thumbnails show up
> for, say, a second and then quickly regenerate to the default image,
> which could mean the cache is still there.
> I've tried the folder options, performance settings, registry edit...
> and still no impact.
> I run a home premium 32b.
> Thank you in advance
>
> (I'm not sure this is the right forum section I should be posting this
> thread to)

Hello Antonio,

CCleaner would only clear the thumbnail cache to where they would have
to be reloaded again, but it wouldn't prevent the thumbnails from
displaying though.

Have you changed your default image viewer from "Windows Photo Gallery"
to something else instead?

Check the item in this tutorial and the related links in it to see if
it may be able to help you any more to.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/73715-thumbnails-windows-explorer.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:25 pm
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First it was Windows Photo Gallery, but then to see if there would be
any results I turned Microsoft Picture Manager into the default viewer,
but still nothing happened.
I have been redoing the suggestions from that thread and none seemed to
work, except for the group policy editor which I can't access...


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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:27 pm
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and thank you Shawn for your response


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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:52 pm
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Antonio,

All of the methods affect the same thing as in the Group Policy method.
They are just different ways of accomplishing the same thing.

Check to make sure that Windows Photo Gallery is set as the '*default
program*'
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83196-default-programs-program-default-associations.html)
with all of it's associations set to it.

Are you using a Windows Aero '*color scheme*'
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83824-color-scheme.html)?


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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:40 am
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I set the Windows Photo Gallery as the default program for all its
supported extensions, and I got to see the usual landscape icon. As for
the color scheme, I'm using the Windows Vista Basic, should I try to set
it differently?


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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:23 am
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It should work in that color scheme.

As a test, try the following to see if they can help:

1. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/73720-thumbnail-cache.html
2. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/117229-icon-cache-rebuild.html
3. Toggle 'thumbnails off and on'
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/73715-thumbnails-windows-explorer.html)
to see if it can reset.
4. Check to make sure that the *'color depth'
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/172619-color-bit-depth-settings.html)*
is set to 32-bit.
5. Run a '*sfc /scannow*'
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html)
command to see if that can find and fix any bad system files that may be
the cause.
6. If the above still does not help, then you can do a '*System
Restore*'
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-system-restore-how.html) using
a restore point dated before this problem.


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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:03 pm
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I did all that you said but the icons still show up instead of
thumbnails, except for the System Restore which I was unable to access
due to an "unexpected error" (0x8007007B)...another problem


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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:48 pm
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Antonia,

It's a bit more drastic, but you could do a '*repair (upgrade)
install*'
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html).


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(Msg. 10) Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:29 pm
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I don't own a copy of vista because this computer is part from a
governmental scholar project which distributed pc's at low prices. I'm
giving up this thumbnails missing situation till some easy way of
undoing it comes along, which will probably take some time
Thanks anyway, Shawn


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(Msg. 11) Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:20 pm
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Ok Antonio. Does is come with some form of a recovery option to restore
Vista back to factory defaults? Most computers will have at least this
in the form of a recovery partition, recovery disks, or both.


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(Msg. 12) Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:20 pm
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Hi Antonio, I had exactly the same problem with my thumbnails appearing
for a second then disappearing as you and I was able to fix it by doing
the following:

1) disable and re-enable thumbnails in the file folders options
- Windows Explorer > Organize > Folders Options > View > Check
Always
show icons, never thumbnails > Apply
- Uncheck Always show icons, never thumbnails > OK

2) flush the thumbnail cache
- My Computer > right-click drive C > Properties > Disk Cleanup >
Check
thumbnails > Ok

3) reboot the computer

My thumbnails all came back immediately.


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