Windows 10: Emoticons not displaying as graphics any longer

Running Windows 10 1803 (17134.165
Mozilla Thunderbird 52.9.1 (default)
Outlook 2010
(Windows) Mail

Recently, any emoticons I enter, ie ; ) or : ) (without space) is no longer showing as graphic, in any of the email clients listed above. I've only recently noticed this so have no idea how long this has been happening. I do know that emoticons were displayed as graphics, though.

I also have a laptop, running same Windows 10 v, and Build, but the email clients on Laptop (again, as listed above) DO show emoticons as graphics. Same goes for another Win 10 device I have.

So, this has to be something to do with my PC (desktop) and I would really like to be able to find a solution.

Can anyone help, please? I appreciate any advice. Many thanks

:)

 

Emoticons on TPU [Poll]

Ok peeps! First new emoticon has been added!

*Kookoo :kookoo:
From now on people can suggest more new emoticons in this thread, I think the emoticons shouldn't be larger than this one: *I Love TPU :lovetpu:.

But ofcourse @W1zzard will make the ultimate decision about that.


*Peace eace:

 

Emoticons on TPU [Poll]

This is part of the charm tbh *Smile

/steps back in the fossil museum

 

How do I turn automatic emoticons OFF in Windows Mail?

Thank you for the information. To turn-off your emoticons on Windows Mail application, we suggest following the steps below:

• Launch your Mail application.
• Press ALT + F+ O + M.
• On the Compose tab, uncheck the Convert special keystrokes to emoticons.
• Click Apply > OK.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.