Thumbnails are grey in Windows Explorer!

[SassyJackie]

Hi guys!! First off thanks for reading this post- I have
a problem viewing some of my digital photos in Windows
Explorer. In the 'thumbnail view' all the thumbnails
appear with a grey film over them. When you double-click
them and 'preview' them, they are normal, without the
grey....but whats up with this grey thumbnail thing?

It is only on the photos I transfered from another
computer via CD.

Thanks!
Jackie

 

[Rock]

Hi guys!! First off thanks for reading this post- I have
a problem viewing some of my digital photos in Windows
Explorer. In the 'thumbnail view' all the thumbnails
appear with a grey film over them. When you double-click
them and 'preview' them, they are normal, without the
grey....but whats up with this grey thumbnail thing?

It is only on the photos I transfered from another
computer via CD.

Thanks!
Jackie

Could be that the thumbs.db file, the cache for thumbnails in each
folder is corrupted. Try deleting it. It will be automatically recreated.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Hi guys!! First off thanks for reading this post- I have
a problem viewing some of my digital photos in Windows
Explorer. In the 'thumbnail view' all the thumbnails
appear with a grey film over them. When you double-click
them and 'preview' them, they are normal, without the
grey....but whats up with this grey thumbnail thing?

Use TweakUI - one of the XP Powertoys from (if you have installed XP
SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

If you have not installed SP1, the earlier version can be found at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP

Its Explorer - Thumbnail page, reduce the Quality slider setting.
Having it too high has this effect - about 2/3 way up is about as far as
is safe