Windows 10: Icons for pdf's showing up incorrectly

Hello, I've been using my PC normally for the past month or so, but suddenly all the PDFs on my PC have begun to display the wrong icon, and it seemed to appear just after I connected to my university account's OneDrive. Have I done something wrong? I have already tried to reset the icons in Adobe acrobat as well as in my system settings.

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icon shows PDF

My icons are showing pdf instead of what they are example nike shows pdf and when I try to print it goes to Microsoft notes not pdf I can't print any thing need this cleared today

 

File Explorer - Some PDF's show thumbnail image, some don’t

In Windows 10 File Explorer, I see thumbnails for a few of my pdf files but still see the generic Adobe pdf icon for most of them.

• In Windows 10 folder options, the checkbox for “Always show icons, never thumbnails” is unchecked.
• On the Adobe Reader preferences general tab, “Enable PDF thumbnails previews in Windows Explorer” is checked.
• Adobe Acrobat is set as my default PDF viewer.
• I have used Disk Cleanup to delete all my thumbnails to clear and rebuild the cache, yet the problem persists.

Any suggestions on how I can see all the pdf icons as thumbnails?
Windows 10 Pro, Version 1903, Build 18362.657
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (20.006.20034)

I asked over in the Adobe Acrobat Reader forum a few days ago but have received no replies.





Ron

 

Pdf files show as black icons on my desktop.

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I will definitely assist you.

Let’s try simple steps and check if this helps in resolving the issue.

Step 1.

I would suggest you to update the Display driver from Device Manager manually and check if this helps.

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  Press (Windows key + X) and click on “Device Manager”.
  
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  Expand “Display Adaptor”.
  
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  Right click on the driver device and select
  update.
  
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  Once update is done, restart the computer.
  

If the issue still persist, try the below step.

Step 2.

I recommend you to un-install and reinstall the latest adobe reader version. You can download it form the below link;

https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/products/pdf-reader.html

Hope this helps. Post us with the status we will be glad to help you.