Windows 10: desktop icons for jpegs just changed on itself.

My desktop icons for jpegs just changed. Oh, I am sure I did something, but I don't know what. My icons for jpegs/pictures on my desktop and other places, used to show the actual image. Now it just shows a little icon-framed thing.Please I need your help to correct it.

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Cannot change desktop icon

Sometimes a desktop icon changes from what it was to a plain white folder. Might be something I did but not sure what.

To change it to the icon I want, I go:

1. Rt-click icon > Properties > Change icon
2. I select the icon I want from the thumbnails of icons.
3. Click OK
4. Click Apply

But the icon does not change. It just stays looking like a white folder.
HOWEVER, if I pin the icon to the taskbar, the icon on the taskbar does look like the icon I selected in step-2. So the change is registered with Win10 but the icon on the desktop just doesn't change.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

jpeg icons.

On my desktop, and on other programs when I wish to use photos, my jpegs have changed from small pictures to jpegs icons. I made an adjustment to speed up my laptop, now I don't know what did and how to correct it. My icons for
jpegs on my desktop, and other places used to show the actual pictures. Now it just shows this ugly little icon thing. I would like my pictures back. Also, the screen print quality has been reduced.

Can anyone help me change my desktop back to normal? I am running Window 10.

 

Remove Linux Desktop Icons

I am not sure whether this will work (Ubuntu does not have icons like that on the desktop by default), but I suggest opening the trash bin and sweeping the icons into the window showing the trash bin.