Thumbnails Not Showing (Extra Large Icons / Large / Medium)
Nov 7, 2015
found this (finally) on the net:
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except this one:
In reply to Pinaki Mohanty's post on April 6, 2013
I tried this and it didn't work. But together with what I did next it probably worked.
Open up the folder with the pictures and click on the View tab
Next click on Options to the far right
Then Click on Change folder and search options
This opens up an options menu
Navigate to the view tab
uncheck the box that says Always show icons, never thumbnails
And Check the box that says Display file icon on thumbnails.
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Ran Dism commands Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth Ran sfc /scannow
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