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DuaneBidoux

(4,198 posts) Fri Feb 1, 2013, 03:57 PM Feb 2013

Suddenly I can't see video thumbnail photos on ANY of my files.

I've got thousands of videos--

I used to be able to (like yesterday) see a photo image for each video on the file. Suddenly today I open them up and it is showing me the file type (for example wmv) in the thumbnail instead of the actual photo that used to be there.

Why could this be?

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Suddenly I can't see video thumbnail photos on ANY of my files. (Original Post) DuaneBidoux Feb 2013 OP

In Windows Explorer, their is a "views" icon that lets you switch from thumbs to details arcane1 Feb 2013 #1

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

1. In Windows Explorer, their is a "views" icon that lets you switch from thumbs to details

Reply to DuaneBidoux (Original post)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 04:53 PM

Feb 2013

assuming you're on Windows XP or similar. In this photo, it's the icon to the right of the "folders" icon:

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