[Shelob]

Morning.

I use XP and work mainly with images and image editing.

For some unknown reason my thumbnails have stopped 'updating', they only show the original picture, no matter how much it's been edited.
Even saving the edited image with a different name doesn't work, the thumbnail is still of the raw original.

This makes finding the image I need (out of hundreds) really tricky, and very tiresome.

Please advise!

Thanks.

[GRudger]

Try going into Windows Explorer: Tools> Folder Options> View

Check "do not cache thumbnails". It may take a while to see all thumbnails in folder with many pics, but they should load fresh each time, instead of from memory...I think.

Have you tried pressing F5 when in a folder also?

[Shelob]

Thanks for replying
I had tried the F5 thing, and the page jumped slightly but nothing more.
I shall try the cache thing and let you know if it works!

[GRudger]

Do you have a FAT32 file system? The link below explains a thumbnail refresh problem. Although this is not the exact same problem as yours, it is very similiar. This could be the cause. Converting to NTFS may resolve it.

NTFS is better anyway! hahaha

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;307126

[GRudger]

Another thing you could try is deleting the cache file. Try it in one folder first, then if that works, do a search for the files (there is one for every folder you have pics in) and mass delete them.

Go to Windows Explorer: Tools> Folder Options> View

then "show hidden files and folders". open a folder with pics in it, and look for a file called "thumbs" or "thumbs.db". Delete it, and hit F5.

Note, this is the cache file, so if you have disable thumbnail "cache-ing" (from what i suggested before) then it shouldn't change anything.

hahaha, can you notice my shotgun-type approach to your problem? Hopefully a pellet will hit.

[Shelob]

Grudger, you're a star.
Your method of throw-solutions-at-it-until-it-gracefully-gives-in worked a treat, and now I can *see* what I'm doing with impressively reduced swearing, thank you!

[GRudger]

No worries. Do you know which suggestion actually did it, or was it a combination of all of them? hahaha

I guess you can mark as solved then!