Solved Picture folder icon customization help needed

[SJMaye]

Simple I am sure, but cannot find the solution. In my pictures library/directory I have many folders. Almost all the folders have a tiny image of one of the photos contained in that folder. For whatever reason one of those folders will not display that tiny image no matter what I have tried.

I have tried clicking folder properties>customize>Folder pictures>choose file or restore default. Does thing. The folder icon for this folder continues to show empty.

Any tips?

 

[koolkat77]

You do have the "always show icons, never thumbnails" under tools,folder options,view un ticked right?

 

[Bongo]

Do you have a folder within that folder that can sometimes make a thumbnail not show properly.
You could try this tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10797-thumbnail-cache-clear-reset.html to see if it will help.
Jerry

 

[SJMaye]

You do have the "always show icons, never thumbnails" under tools,folder options,view un ticked right?

Yes, and all the other folders look correct. It is just this one folder that refuses to show the little thumbnail.

 

[SJMaye]

Do you have a folder within that folder that can sometimes make a thumbnail not show properly.
You could try this tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10797-thumbnail-cache-clear-reset.html to see if it will help.
Jerry

Yes, I have many folders within this folder. I will try your link. Thanks.

 

[Bongo]

Do you have a folder within that folder that can sometimes make a thumbnail not show properly.
You could try this tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10797-thumbnail-cache-clear-reset.html to see if it will help.
Jerry

Yes, I have many folders within this folder. I will try your link. Thanks.

Do your other folders where the thumbnail shows do you have multiple folders in them?
Jerry

 

[SJMaye]

Do you have a folder within that folder that can sometimes make a thumbnail not show properly.
You could try this tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10797-thumbnail-cache-clear-reset.html to see if it will help.
Jerry

Performed the tutorial. No change. The folder structure is:

My Pictures> Family Photos>Many more folders each with photos by decade.

The Family Photos folder refuses to display a thumbnail, but the folders within show the thumbnail fine.

 

[Bongo]

Did it ever shows thumbnails for that folder?

I took some screenshots of My Pictures the top two rows have folders within folders and did not show thumbnails. The second screenshot shows the first folder opened and there are still more folders in it when I open it I have two folders that show the thumbnails.
Jerry

 

[cyclic]

May seem an obviuos question but what are the file extensions contained in the folder ?

 

[SJMaye]

May seem an obviuos question but what are the file extensions contained in the folder ?

Mostly TIFF, but just for fun I threw in a JPG and did not change.


A while back this folder showed correctly. not sure when it got messed up. I wil try recreating and dumping the contents of the old in to the new.

Maybe that folder is corrupted.

 

[Bongo]

I was just doing some testing I don't know if it will help you or not but if I copied and pasted a jpg or a png in a folder of thumbnail would show but if I dragged and dropped them in a folder it would not show them.
I was going to suggest what you are going to do by creating a new folder.
Let us know how it turns out.
Jerry

 

[SJMaye]

I created a new folder and dropped a single TIFF in it. Thumbnail showed. Then dropped the remaining contents of the questionable folder. Thumbnail still there! I guess it was just a corrupted folder.

All is good. Thanks for the help!

 

[Bongo]

Good to hear you got it sorted out.
Jerry