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[danunited]

Hi All

Hope someone can help with my first post.

I had a lot of photos which were taken off two different cameras. They were stored in a folder and all the photographs were clearly visable as thumbnails. I today thought I would tidy up and move into several sub-folders. I opened and named several new folders and dragged the pictures into the relevant sub folder.

Now the pictures can not be seen as a thumbnail although a JPEG file still shows with the appropriate picture number. The size looks correct also.

When I click on the pictures it states - No preview available.

Please can someone tell me what I have done wrong and how I can rectify the problem. All the files show as JPEG files.

All help and advice appreciated.

Cheers

Dan

Are they jpegs or shortcuts to jpegs?
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

danunited wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Hope someone can help with my first post.
>
> I had a lot of photos which were taken off two different cameras. They
> were stored in a folder and all the photographs were clearly visable as
> thumbnails. I today thought I would tidy up and move into several
> sub-folders. I opened and named several new folders and dragged the
> pictures into the relevant sub folder.
>
> Now the pictures can not be seen as a thumbnail although a JPEG file
> still shows with the appropriate picture number. The size looks correct
> also.
>
> When I click on the pictures it states - No preview available.
>
> Please can someone tell me what I have done wrong and how I can rectify
> the problem. All the files show as JPEG files.
>
> All help and advice appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dan
>
>

"danunited" <danunited.3kmmnd@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All
>
> Hope someone can help with my first post.
>
> I had a lot of photos which were taken off two different cameras. They
> were stored in a folder and all the photographs were clearly visable as
> thumbnails. I today thought I would tidy up and move into several
> sub-folders. I opened and named several new folders and dragged the
> pictures into the relevant sub folder.
>
> Now the pictures can not be seen as a thumbnail although a JPEG file
> still shows with the appropriate picture number. The size looks correct
> also.
>
> When I click on the pictures it states - No preview available.
>
> Please can someone tell me what I have done wrong and how I can rectify
> the problem. All the files show as JPEG files.
>
> All help and advice appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dan
>
>
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Regret that I cannot help with the problem as stated but hope someone can.
However as you seem to be new to pictures on computers may I suggest you
look at the free program Infanview "just goggle it" it has all you want and
much more.
SG

[danunited]

Hi Leonard

They are jpeg files.

Dan

It sounds as though the original folder was configured to show its
content in "Thumbnails" view - but the sub-folders are configured to
show the content in "Details" view.

What happens, when you open one of the new subfolders (using Windows
Explorer) and click on "View" (at the top of the window)?

Does a drop down menu appear - and if so, does the menu offer the
following options?

Thumbnails
Tiles
Icons
List
Details

What happens, if you click on "Thumbnails" from the drop-down menu? Can
you change the view to a complete set of thumbnail images, showing every
picture in the folder?


"danunited" <danunited.3kmmnd@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All
>
> Hope someone can help with my first post.
>
> I had a lot of photos which were taken off two different cameras. They
> were stored in a folder and all the photographs were clearly visable
> as
> thumbnails. I today thought I would tidy up and move into several
> sub-folders. I opened and named several new folders and dragged the
> pictures into the relevant sub folder.
>
> Now the pictures can not be seen as a thumbnail although a JPEG file
> still shows with the appropriate picture number. The size looks
> correct
> also.
>
> When I click on the pictures it states - No preview available.
>
> Please can someone tell me what I have done wrong and how I can
> rectify
> the problem. All the files show as JPEG files.
>
> All help and advice appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dan
>
>
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[danunited]

Hi Bob

Thanks for the reply.

I tried all the different view options yesterday. Looked at the files as thumbnails. The files show as Jpeg files but the actual picture images do not show.

Really worried as have some photos on the system that I don't have copies of.

Thanks
Dan

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> Hi Bob
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I tried all the different view options yesterday. Looked at the files
> as thumbnails. The files show as Jpeg files but the actual picture
> images do not show.
>
> Really worried as have some photos on the system that I don't have
> copies of.
>
> Thanks
> Dan
>
>
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That really is a puzzle - and I really don't know what has happened.
However, I still wonder whether the entries in the sub-folders are
short-cuts, and not definitive files.

If you have not done so already, open Control Panel and click on Folder
Options, followed by View. Scroll down and make sure the box marked
"Hide file extensions for known file types" is NOT checked.

I presume you know the names of the problem picture files. If so, try a
search of your entire hard drive.

Search against one of the file names - but WITHOUT the jpg or jpeg file
extension. For instance, if the full file name is "IMG_001.jpg", search
against "IMG_001.*" .

When you search, include "All files and folders" - NOT merely "Pictures,
music or video". Also, include "System Folders", "Hidden Files and
Folders" and "Subfolders" in your search (check the relevant boxes under
advanced search options).

It is just possible that your search might find more than one example of
the picture file - or other examples with different file extensions.

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