No thumbnails in open/save file

[drrraddict14]

Hi, I used this tutorial last year, it worked fine and then just a few months ago this happened.

Whenever I save or open a file, this is is what the pop-up menu looks like > link (the folder doesn't work too, but a while ago I restored the icons to default from the tutorial, and now it looks like this)

When I open it using windows explorer and Internet Explorer (ctrl+O) it works fine, but when I use Maxthon 3, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome it doesn't work. So maybe the problem isn't the browser, maybe it's the computer?
I don't know what happened, it's been months since like this and it's been annoying me (because I can't choose which to upload w/o seeing the thumbnail) so I tried different solutions found in the internet that DIDN'T work:
(I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate x64)

• uninstalling then re-installing the browser
• going to folder and search options > view > unchecking "Always show icons, never thumbnails"
• going to control panel > all control panel items > performance information and tools > adjust visual effects > checking "show thumbnails instead of icons"
• going to computer > right click hard disk > properties > disk cleanup > checking "thumbnails" > clean up system files (this kind of messed up my thumbnails more)
• I tried opening command prompt then type sfc /scannow but it stopped at 20% and said "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation."

Pleeease help me

 

[Britton30]

Welcome to Seven Forums Cath.

First of all I don't understand how you are opening a folder with a browser?
Press the windows logo key + Pause Break to open System Properties and follow the diagram below to "For Cath" and check "Show Thumbnails Instead of Icons".

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11738-thumbnail-previews-enable-disable.html



This may help too: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html

and

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10797-thumbnail-cache-clear-reset.html


You may need to do a repair install since sfc /scannow won't run.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

 

[A Guy]

Welcome to Seven Forums drrraddict14. (Gary, he's seeing the folder in the Open/save dialog when downloading). Try running SFC from Safe Mode. Boot to Safe Mode with Networking and see if it will run and complete from there.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/69585-safe-mode.html

If not, try one of these methods

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/139810-sfc-scannow-run-command-prompt-boot.html

A Guy

 

[Britton30]

Thanks Bill, I ASSumed that would apply there too.

 

[A Guy]

Thanks Bill, I ASSumed that would apply there too.

It may well, but you asked how he was opening a folder with a browser

A Guy