SOLVED Thumbnails replaced by blue mountain Photo's icon

[Bruce Banks]

A few days ago my desktop was suddenly covered with these blue mountain icons
It seems that Windows 10 retired Windows Photo Viewer and replaced it with Photos app
A 1/2 hour.with customer / tech support we came up with a 30 second fix
In search bar enter "file options" and pick Windows Explorer Options. On that window pick "View"
You will see a bunch of check boxes. The first one says "Always show icons, never use thumbnails"
I unchecked this box and got my thumbnails back both on desktop and files I open with File Explorer
PS: Windows Photo Viewer is still there but only for TIF ans TIFF files
What Am I Missing ?

 

[Norton]

Seems to me I had the same problem when I downloaded a bunch of pics from my phone. I believe I resolved it by opening File Explorer > View > "View by Large Icons"

 

[Bruce Banks]

Thanks, another entry into my bag of tricks :~) In my case I like the small thumbnails as they let me get more objects per page. Probably because I only dump my Pix when flip phone (no SD slot) starts whining about low memory

 

[Bruce Banks]

Wolfie - in thread " SOLVED Explorer Thumbnail Preview Randomly Stopped Working.yes I tried Folder Options"
said :

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

I think his reset global defaults and my simple reset a single one need to be looked at more closely

 

[Wolfie]

So is your problem solved now Bruce?, if so, please click on the "Solved" button so it helps others, thanks!.

 

[Shaky Hands]

A few days ago my desktop was suddenly covered with these blue mountain icons
It seems that Windows 10 retired Windows Photo Viewer and replaced it with Photos app
A 1/2 hour.with customer / tech support we came up with a 30 second fix
In search bar enter "file options" and pick Windows Explorer Options. On that window pick "View"
You will see a bunch of check boxes. The first one says "Always show icons, never use thumbnails"
I unchecked this box and got my thumbnails back both on desktop and files I open with File Explorer
PS: Windows Photo Viewer is still there but only for TIF ans TIFF files
What Am I Missing ?

You're Totally amazing, saved me soooo much time. Thanks

 

[RLH]

Folks, I cannot uncheck the "always show icons, never use thumbnails" because it is already unchecked.