Kypari 579 Posted June 17, 2017 These icons appear for every single picture I have. It's suddenly started doing this. Anyone got a fix? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caleb956 451 Posted June 17, 2017 Is it just the icon that is messed up or did the actual file change into something else? I would just make sure you have thumbnail previews turned on, it may have changed at some point in time, which is why it's showing that generic icon. If it was converted into something else I would just use the Snipping Tool that comes with windows and then select everything you need ---> save as a jpg. Did a quick google search and found this.. "Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options. then click on VIEW and Restore Default .....NOT RESET FOLDERS!!! RESTORE DEFAULT!! I had the same problem and fix it :D" If nothing else, I would just revert your computer back a little bit to before it started happening unless you just put stuff on it that you need to save, never had this happen so I'm not sure. Hope this helps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kypari 579 Posted June 17, 2017 Is it just the icon that is messed up or did the actual file change into something else? I would just make sure you have thumbnail previews turned on, it may have changed at some point in time, which is why it's showing that generic icon. If it was converted into something else I would just use the Snipping Tool that comes with windows and then select everything you need ---> save as a jpg. Did a quick google search and found this.. "Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options. then click on VIEW and Restore Default .....NOT RESET FOLDERS!!! RESTORE DEFAULT!! I had the same problem and fix it :D" If nothing else, I would just revert your computer back a little bit to before it started happening unless you just put stuff on it that you need to save, never had this happen so I'm not sure. Hope this helps. Tried them both but they didn't work :C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caleb956 451 Posted June 17, 2017 Tried them both but they didn't work :C Well, i'm honestly not sure. As long as you can access it that's good, normally with stuff like this it goes away by itself(from experience I've had). On my old computer I had it where everything I downloaded turned into a pdf, went away by itself, not too sure why, but never had icons just change out of nowhere. I guess my best explanation is that stuff like this happens on windows lol. Will try to do some more research, will get back to you when I get off work tonight or tomorrow morning. One more question, if you can't open it, can you provide a screenshot of the error it gives you? I'm guessing it's something to do with adobe or something like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kypari 579 Posted June 17, 2017 Well, i'm honestly not sure. As long as you can access it that's good, normally with stuff like this it goes away by itself(from experience I've had). On my old computer I had it where everything I downloaded turned into a pdf, went away by itself, not too sure why, but never had icons just change out of nowhere. I guess my best explanation is that stuff like this happens on windows lol. Will try to do some more research, will get back to you when I get off work tonight or tomorrow morning. One more question, if you can't open it, can you provide a screenshot of the error it gives you? I'm guessing it's something to do with adobe or something like that. It opens up the normal picture. Thanks for helping! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caleb956 451 Posted June 17, 2017 It opens up the normal picture. Thanks for helping! No problem, good luck getting it figured out :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virr 808 Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) Does the thumbnail show up after you open the image? If so then theres a caching issue going on with your harddrive. Start How to increase Icon Cache size in Windows 10/8/7 here and see if that does something. Edited June 17, 2017 by Guest (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kypari 579 Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) Does the thumbnail show up after you open the image? If so then theres a caching issue going on with your harddrive. Start How to increase Icon Cache size in Windows 10/8/7 here and see if that does something. Edited June 17, 2017 by Guest (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thorax_ 539 Posted June 18, 2017 [attach=full]29848[/attach] You should be able to disable thumbnail previews completely, restart your computer and turn them back on. See if that works? 1 realBelloWaldi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kypari 579 Posted June 18, 2017 So something happened after I restarted my PC and it's working again! Thanks for helping! You should be able to disable thumbnail previews completely, restart your computer and turn them back on. See if that works? This probably worked? I'm not entirely sure. Thanks! 1 Thorax_ reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jing 6 Posted June 18, 2017 I honestly just thought this was a Windows 10 thing. Like they've never shown up for me, just this deal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites