Icons in My computer keep disappearing and thumbnail problems

[mrstaticx]

Hi,
I am having major problems with not being able to access any folders/drives/dvds etc..
sometimes they show up and other times they dont it drives me mental can anyone help.


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the other problem is if i go into a folder with a lot of pictures some have thumbnails but most dont.

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[mckillwashere]

Do you run any programs like ccleaner, or any other kind of system cleaning program. They tend to remove thumbnail caches.

 

[mrstaticx]

yeah i use ccleaner

 

[mckillwashere]

Uncheck the box that says Thumbnail Cache and this should resolve your issue

 

[mrstaticx]

thanx will give it a go

 

[mrstaticx]

Can you help with my other problem?

 

[mckillwashere]

umm, that one im not really sure about.
click the start icon
type cmd.exe right click it and run as admin
once that opens type sfc -scannow

^^ will check for system file errors.

 

[Sir George]

umm, that one im not really sure about.
click the start icon
type cmd.exe right click it and run as admin
once that opens type sfc -scannow

^^ will check for system file errors.

There's a typo in your post, it should be;

sfc /scannow

Of course, I have never made a typo...what's all that noise, is someone laughing?

 

[mckillwashere]

umm it will run with - or / I personally prefer - as its more natural for me to type.

 

[Sir George]

umm it will run with - or / I personally prefer - as its more natural for me to type.

I began using computers back in the DOS days and always used "/" as a switch, so it is second nature for me. I never tried using anything else, thus, my thought you made a typo.

 

[FliGi7]

The Thumbnail cache will have nothing to do with your drives sometimes showing up and sometimes not. That could be a possible hardware failure on your drive(s). The main way to check this is to click on My Computer, right click on each drive, go to Tools, and Check Disk.

However, the fact that no DVD drives are showing up could mean this is a larger issue with the system itself. Are you running any antivirus at all? Have you installed anything relatively recently?

 

[Hopalong X]

Click "Oranize" tab then "Layout" make sure the three (3) items I have circled in yellow in the below picture are check marked. If not check mark them.

Mike

 

[mrstaticx]

ran it twice wi - and \ didnt know they were the same
anyway so far so good it all seems to be working thanx guys