Vista does not show thumbnails

[Labskaus]

MyLaptop does not show thumbnails. My Desktop does.
I have compared all the settings. They are absolutly the
same on each computer. i have been through all the
usual suspects discussed on the net like in folder options the
"reset folders" and "restore defaults", no results.
The only difference I can find between the computers is
in properties,details. The Desktop shows datas for images,
the Laptop doesn't as shown in the attached images.
Any help out there?

[Medico]

Check under Control Panel, Folder Options, View tab to ensure Always show icons, never thunmnails is unchecked. This should allow a thumbnails.db to show in the folders in question to allow thumbnails.

FolderOptions.jpg

[Labskaus]

I have done that, and I compared all the settings in Folder Options and Performance Settings. They are absolutely the same in both computers.
But only one computer shows thumbnails.
Thanks

[Deadeye81]

Hi Labskaus,

See if this link helps remedy the thumbnail problem.

[Labskaus]

I tried that already, it does not solve the problem.
Thanks
Labskaus

[CLiNT]

A few other things to try:

1 Right-click Computer and choose Properties. Click the Advanced system settings link at left. Click the Settings button in the Performance pane. On the Visual Effects tab, be sure the option Show thumbnails instead of icons is checked. If not, check it and click OK.

2 Ensure the pictures are JPEGs or some other format for which Vista can show thumbnails.

3 Copy and paste the contents of the quote to an elevated command prompt:
Rebuild icons

taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
cd /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
attrib –h IconCache.db
del IconCache.db
start explorer

4 Techarena:Supermind post #7

Fix Found: Click through the following:

Start, Control Panel, System and Maintenance, Administrative Tools-Free up disk space, Files from all users, (C OK, Files to delete:CHECK THUMBNAILS OPTION, click OK.

Everything was back to normal! Clearing the thumbnail cache via this method worked for me.

By the way, this problem just appeared recently. I have been running Vista since it's initial release two years ago and only had a problem develop this week.
Something other than cache size (program update maybe) has caused this issue. Perhaps they can fix this issue in a future update.
I do not relish deleting cache on a regular basis just to perform a go around for a systemic issue.

Before starting make sure you are logged on as an Administrator. Then follow these steps:

1. First, turn off thumbnail creation by opening Windows Explorer, clicking the Organize button and selecting Folder and Search Options.
Click on the View tab and check Always show icons, never thumbnails. Click the OK button.
2.Then, run Disk Cleanup on Drive C: and empty the cache so you can recover the disk space. You can find it in Accessories/System Tools.
3.In Windows Explorer, navigate to the AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows folder under your name.
If you can't find it, just copy the following: %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows
Paste it into the Address Bar and hit Enter.
4.Right-Click on the Explorer folder and select Properties.
Select the Security tab.
Click the Advanced button.
On the Permissions tab, click the Edit button.
Uncheck Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent.
5.Click the Remove button in the Windows Security box that pops up.
6.Click the OK button on the Permissions Tab.
7.Click the Yes button in the Windows Security box that pops up.
8.Close all the open boxes.
9.Go back into the Folder and Search Options and uncheck the Always show icons, never thumbnails and you're done.

Now, browse any folder you want and Windows will create the thumbnails on the fly, but won't save them to disk.

5 Techarena: ascogginloyd post # 10

I had this problem and couldn't figure out what was going on because I changed every possible view/performance setting I could. I also tried installing thumbnail cache etc for vista. It turned out that the problem was that my windows display transparency was not enabled.
1. Go into display settings for windows
2. Change windows to aero
3. Check transparency enables

Turns out you cannot use explorer thumbnails if your windows are not transparent, a feature new to windows with vista!

[Labskaus]

Thanks a lot!
It really might be a problem with Aero.
When I go to to display settings, I cannot change to Aero on
the laptop, because Aero is not on the dropdown menu.
On my desktop it is, although I use the same OS.
How can I get Aero to work?

Thanks again

Labskaus

[CLiNT]

How do I turn on the new 3D effects (Aero Glass)

How to turn on aero in windows vista

If you have already done all of this and aero still isn't working. Make sure your video card setting is at 32 bit. If not you will not be able to use the aero features. You can change this under display settings in the personalization menu.

[Labskaus]

The problem might be that my rating is to low for running aero. My Graphics subscore is 3.1.
Is that to low?

[Deadeye81]

The lowest base score that supports Aero is 3.0. If your graphics score of 3.1 is the lowest of your component scores, you should be able to run Aero. Check this MS document on the Windows Experience Index.

[Labskaus]

Ok, I got Aero running, but Vista does not show thumbnails.
I am mystified.
Thanks a lot.
Labskaus