Windows 10: Windows icons missing and all files pictures are showing as thumbnails

please excuse me from any errors im no computer wizard !

i noticed today that all my files pictures documents are all showing as thumbnails until selected then they open up as the picture or doc in a separate window.

whilst searcing around the internet for solutions iv also noticed that when i click my windows tab in bottom left corner the blue screen pops up but all the icons that were usually to teh right of this screen have also disapeared.

i have checked the boxs in the veiw section on the documents etc and it makes no difference


my son was using my laptop recently and im beginning to wonder if he has deleted something can anyone help please

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Windows 10 Picture Files not updating thumbnails

Hi,

I realize that the picture files are not updating thumbnails. I will try to help you with this issue.

Suggest you to perform “Disk Cleanup”, cleaning up the temporary internet files, thumbnail, cookies and temp files, so as to check the thumbnail view of the photo is updated by cleaning up your temporary data.

Further, if the issue persists then you can also follow these steps:

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  Right click in the Folder that contains the images.
  
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  Select View.
  
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  Note the current icon size, and change it to another size (ie: "Medium-Icons" to "Large-Icons", then back to "Medium-Icons").
  
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  This causes the icons to be resized and their cache updated.
  

Keep us informed to help you further.

 

Icons and thumbnails not showing

Hi,

It is possible that icons and thumbnails are not showing due to corruptions. To assist you better, we'd like to ask if what troubleshooting steps have you done so far.

Meanwhile, we suggest that you follow the steps provided in this article by clicking on this

link. It will let you scan for corruptions and will provide you a remedy.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Photo thumbnail picture

Hi

File Explorer>Pictures>Open Pictures.

If Your Photos come up as just a List and don't show up as Thumbnails, look at the Two Small Icons at the Bottom Right of the Screen and 'Toggle' between them.

The first one gives you a List View and the other one gives you a Thumbnail View.

Or you could Click: View at the Top of the Screen and then you Can not only see your Photos as Thumbnails but you can also choose the Size.