Can't preview jpg files in the preview pane -- Windows 10 Fall Update (1709)

Anonymous
2017-12-18T19:00:12+00:00

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I have this issue and it started with the Windows 10 Fall update (1709).  jpg files are not displayed in the preview pane but other files are displayed (pdf, docx, xlxs, etc.).  I've tried setting the default jpg program to several different programs to no avail.  Prior to the 1709 update, jpg files were displayed in the File Explorer preview pane.  It seems to be an issue with the 1709 update.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-02-05T13:55:06+00:00

    There is an easy solution for this. Copy (not cut) the images without preview and paste them back in the same folder. Now you will get the preview and can delete the originals.

    I did the copy/paste about three weeks ago. It worked. The thumbnail images can be previewed. I've checked my files at least once a week to be sure. I created a desktop folder to copy the images to, then deleted the original images, after making sure that the copied images could be previewed. Then I copied the images back to the original folder. For those with thousands of images this may take time, but if it works!

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-01-28T01:30:17+00:00

    Actually I have same problem but I had this sollution in my pocket - you can quickly shut down the one drive application an then start working. When you finished simply turn app on and send everything to cloud. You can also turn off "staring with windows".

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-01-14T21:28:32+00:00

    Thanks! This totally worked! If only others would read your solution.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-01-06T23:52:34+00:00

    I have the same issue, when I open one of my Onedrive/pictures/... folders, old thumbnails pop up and then dissapear in a fraction of a second to just show the icon. These thumbnails often have black bars top/bottom or left right. I have thousands of photos in my Onedrive folder on a second HDD, set to always available on this PC and fully synced to the cloud.

    I have fully rebuilt my PC, updates all installed etc and ran all the error checks etc.  Ondrive lets you map back in after the PC refresh to save re-downloading. I have tried all the above tricks several times to no avail.

    Since all the thumbnail caches are on the C drive these have all been rebult so shouldnt be the source of the problem following a PC rebuild.

    One fix is to view the file in windows Photos app, once opend the thumbnail and that of the images to the left and right then re-appear after clicking refresh on the view! The preview then also works. 

    As I have thousands of photos in hundreds of folders this might be time consuming so I am thinking of finding a screen saver/slide show option to run though then all.

    And I have also just found this fix -  Open Photos App and allow it to search for pictures in the Onedrive/pictures folders. The Photo app then searches for all image files and regenerates the thumbnails. - This is taking some time so be paitent. I noticed much of my time line was missing while it updates this is now slowly being populated.

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