is there a little icon above your pics saying 'view'?
if you can see it, i think you go into that and change it to whatever you want it to be
i think

How different is Vista from XP? I change mine on XP when I'm in the My Pictures folder by clicking on View and selecting whatever it is I want. Isn't it like that on Vista?

I need to know too, cos I think I'm getting Vista on my new laptop and I'm secretly dreading it.

I am no computer expert Tayto.
But the only thing I would think of doing is when you have your picture folder open, click on "View" in the top menu bar and change `icons` to `thumbnails` in the drop down menu.
You have probably already dome this, though. (As I said I am not an expert.)

Hi. Charmer

It used to include Thumbnails but not anymore. It only gives choices for the different size icons now.

Bet you it's something so simple too.

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Originally posted by Tayto:
Hi. Charmer

It used to include Thumnails but not anymore. It only choices for the different size icons now.

Bet you it's something so simple too.

oh

i've got vista-i shall investigate

*puts on deerstalker*

Hi Tayto
I have Vista, click views then choose large icons or extra large icons, they are thumbnails.

Ediited to add- Sorry Tayto just checked mine and it's because mine are all saved as JPegs. You might have to resave some.

I've tried that Essex. All I have is little pictures of a mountain and a pyramid cone. No preview of the my pictures at all.
My Thumnails have disappeard in the Views tab.

I was advised to stick with XP.

Thankfully I have XP on my home pc. This is a laptop I have the use of at the moment.

Try this, go into folder options, choose General then click the box saying Show preview and filters. It might work.

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Originally posted by Tayto:
Thankfully I have XP on my home pc. This is a laptop I have the use of at the moment.

Ah! OK!
You can't alter someone else's property.

I can Joe - if I have to.
Jenny. I don't use Vista enough to make a comment on it but from what I have used I don't like it.

Thanks Essex. I'll try that.

Mine are all jpegs too, and they appear as thumbnails, but as was said already you select large icons and they appear like thumbnails.

Maybe try to restore teh defaults? Go to organise, properties, customise. Not sure if that will help.

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
I was advised to stick with XP.

yep,
its a lot more reliable

Essex I had already done that. It also has a tick box that says 'always show icons not thumnails' and I've ticked and unticked that many times. I've also clicked Apply so it's not that.

That was one of the suggestions on the Help Page.

Were the photo's scanned in or straight from a camera?

get rid of it & eiher go back to XP or go for 7

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Originally posted by Jenny:
How different is Vista from XP? I change mine on XP when I'm in the My Pictures folder by clicking on View and selecting whatever it is I want. Isn't it like that on Vista?

I need to know too, cos I think I'm getting Vista on my new laptop and I'm secretly dreading it.

I put off getting a laptop as I didn't want Vista but it's been fine think it's ok if the machine comes with it - the problems have been when it's been upgraded!

Tayto - sorry Im not teccie so can't help - Ive just looked at my pics and they look ok

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Originally posted by Essex Angel:
Were the photo's scanned in or straight from a camera?

Most from a camera but I also have some Gifs.

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Originally posted by liverbird:

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Originally posted by Jenny:
How different is Vista from XP? I change mine on XP when I'm in the My Pictures folder by clicking on View and selecting whatever it is I want. Isn't it like that on Vista?

I need to know too, cos I think I'm getting Vista on my new laptop and I'm secretly dreading it.

I put off getting a laptop as I didn't want Vista but it's been fine think it's ok if the machine comes with it - the problems have been when it's been upgraded!

Tayto - sorry Im not teccie so can't help - Ive just looked at my pics and they look ok

October 22 or 24 is when Windows 7 is released so all new computers & laptops will have it. Much better

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Originally posted by Tayto:

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Originally posted by Essex Angel:
Were the photo's scanned in or straight from a camera?

Most from a camera but I also have some Gifs.

This problem is starting to irritate me now (mainly because I hate Vista) Try opening a new folder in my documents, copy & paste all the photo's into it see if they view different.

Thanks everyone. I've done another search and I found a page giving solutions to this problems last March!!

Sorry I cant help you Tayto when I bought my lap top I had vista windows I had more problems than I care to mention I was on the helpline constantly, I took it back after 3 weeks and changed it for an apple mac I dont have any problems now I dont like vista windows..

Thanks Marge but I think I've worked it out. Microsoft turn off Thumbnails when there isn't a lot of space left.
So it's the lappy's fault. Can't understand that one either. There's nothing much on it.

Don't know whether this is still causing you problems but I have just come across this thread and as I am using Vista on my laptop I thought I would look. In my Pictures folder there is a drop down menu labelled Views. There is a down arrow at the right hand side of this and there is a slider bar, that should take you through every view from large icons, medium icons etc. Just choose what you like the look of. Its quite good actually. I have XP on my PC and Vista on my laptop. I don't have a problem with either system.

Thanks Squiggle but that only changes the size of the Icon.
My problem is that I can't see a preview of a picture. When I open the folder I can see them for a split second and then they all change to the folder icon (mountain and a spherical cone).
Think I'm stuck with it.
Thanks again.

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Originally posted by Tayto:
Thanks Squiggle but that only changes the size of the Icon.
My problem is that I can't see a preview of a picture. When I open the folder I can see them for a split second and then they all change to the folder icon (mountain and a spherical cone).
Think I'm stuck with it.
Thanks again.

You see when I do the slider bar it changes from a description of the picture to a small picture image, a larger picture image and then a really large picture image. Are all your images in JPEG format? You can get software to change images from other formats to JPEG. Anyway I hope it helps to know what Vista operates like on my laptop

Yes Squiggle bar a few gif images. The Thumbnail preview has completely disappeared. So annoying. I have to open them up to see which one it is. I can see them in Windows Photo Gallery but that's not as easy to use.
Thanks.

Tayto does this help at all?

In the currently open folder, click Organize in the toolbar, and then click Folder and Search Options.

In Folder Options, click the View tab, and then click Apply to Folders. (To switch these folders back to their default settings, click Reset Folders.)

Sorry Squiggle I've been out until now. I'll try that. Thanks.

Guess what? My pics miraculously appeared today. I uninstalled some stuff last night so I don't know if that had anything to do with it.

Thanks for all the help specially you Squiggle.