Vista - Problem with Thumbnails and Opening folders in new folders

Hi guyz,

I am new to this forum. Recently, I have been not able to see thumbnails of pictures. All i can see is the standard river and tree like thingy. Secondly, I can't open folders in the same window. Each time i double click, it gets opend in a new window. I tried different methods to both the problems like going to folder options, unchecking "always show icon, never thumbnails" , a full scan of my system( using norton). I even tried some of the solutions posted in this forum. But still both the problems are not solved.

One thing i noticed is that, when i on my computer, i can see thumbanils for few seconds then all of them get changed to the standard image.(river and tree). Could this be due to a virus or something?

I would be very thankful if anyone can help me in this matter.

Thanks in advance.

This is the setting for opening folders in the same window.

Hello Bloodsuckergood, and welcome to Vista Forums.

This tutorial may help you with the thumbnail issue. Also, check the TIP box at the top of the tutorial to see if that may be of issue.

Thumbnails in Windows Explorer

Hope this helps,
Shawn

thanks for the effort guys. I could not fix it so i sent my pc for check up and they said some virus is causing it..... Do u guys know how to fix it. Once again thanks for the help.

I would recommend that you run a very thorough antivirus scan and spyware scan. Some good free programs to use is Avast Home Edition antivirus and Spybot Search & Destroy. Hopefully they can find the malware and remove it for you.


Of course, formatting the hard drive and doing a fresh clean reinstall of Vista should take care of the problem as well.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks for the reply man. I was told that virus is not serious and does not do interfer with my personal information. so i decided to leave. if anything goes wrong again i will format it. By the way, thanks for the help man. very much appreciated.

Keep us posted bloodsuckergood

Your welcome bloodsuckergood. Yes, please keep us posted and let us know if you need further help later.

Shawn