Windows 10: Thumbnails/Images Sometimes Slow to Load On Websites

Windows 10 Home22H2This is my elderly parents computer and while my Dad is fairly computer savvy, he has a tendency to do things he shouldn't and can be forgetful, so it's difficult for me to know exact details regarding when these problems started. I should state that I'm no computer whiz myselfOn some websites have noticed that intermittently thumbnails will either be slow to load or occasionally not load at all. They might browse YouTube and the preview thumbnail will take longer to load than previously. They might do grocery shopping online and the images of the items are a bit slow to loa

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Thumbnails load slowly in Explorer

Hi, have you done any research on this? A general search for
thumbnails load slowly
suggests e.g.
How to Speed Up a Windows Folder that Loads Very Slowly

But there are so many factors: how large a file is each image: where are the files located: what is the speed of access to that location: what else is the PC doing at the same time..... (check your task manager).

Another angle:
When Windows 10 thumbnails seem to be missing or slow to load, try this | PCWorld

Please also feel free to search the forum.

Note: forum rules prohibit thread bumping... thanks.

 

Constant script errors and slow loading pages in 10 internet explorer 11

I have done the steps listed above. They have not helped and I am still getting constant script errors, along with slow loading pages. Are there any other suggestions?

 

Image Thumbnails and Preview no longer loading in File Explorer

As of earlier today I noticed that newly downloaded images are not displaying their thumbnails. Went online to look for solutions, looks like a lot of users are having this problem but very few have had offered solutions that aren't completely generic or
pulled from a Third Party website. Here's what I have tried:

- Selected the right options to show thumbnails under File options and under "Performance" under Advanced System Options. Did not work.

- Rebuilt thumbnail and icon cache, both through DiskCleanup and CMD. Did not work.

- Updated Windows. Did not work.

- Attempted a restore from a Restore Point (which failed, did not try again)

- Installed Third-party Codec that was suggested by another thread, as that user explained, the thumbnail service is attempting to build a thumbnail and display it but is lacking the codec to do so. Did not work.

- Disabled Download Files on Demand (or something) for Onedrive, as suggested by another thread. Did not work.

Interesting things to note:

- Since I deleted the old thumbnail cache, images previously saved or downloaded no longer have their thumbnails.

- If I select the default Microsoft Photos app as the default image viewer,
when opening a folder all of my images flash their thumbnail briefly before going back to a blank icon. It looks like thumbnails are somehow being generated, but not displayed.

- All video files, and icon files load their thumbnails perfectly. It looks like only image files are affected: jpg, jpeg, png, etc.

- MOST of my images are still blank icons, no thumbnails. I say most because inexplicably a small number of them managed to retain their thumbnails. No clue as to why this is.

Looking up similar issues on Google and Microsoft Answers reveals a lot of people have had similar problems to mine, but no viable solution. If anyone has somehow gotten a fix or something to work. Please let me know.