Recent content by Nomad50

Thanks Mike but I eventually did figure out the problem. WINDOWS 8 defaulted to using a simple icon rather than viewing the actual pics. Go figure. Now, any program I set too default for viewing pics shows the actual picture for selection. Thanks.

OK . . . . here's the fix: open CONTROL PANEL... select FOLDER OPTIONS... select the VIEW tab... under FILES AND FOLDERS, UNCHECK the first item ; Always show icons, never thumbnails. FIXED. WHY microsoft decided to make this a default simply escapes my ability to comprehend their thinking...

Hmmmm, doesn't work for me. Here's what I see: I start WINDOWS EXPLORER...and highlight the LIBRARIES list option on the left side of the window... I double-click on PICTURES (from the right side of the window) and get multiple folders listed....one folder is labeled MY PICTURES and I double...

I appreciate the response but I'm savvy enough to say there's no corruption. This issue has been apparent since the Windows8 OS installation. I don't know how to describe the issue any better than I already have but here's one last effort. It seems to be an issue with the OS. Like I have said...

Here's the deal: Once I select a pic, it shows up normally. The problem is if there a many pics to select from, then there's only silly faux photos with a filename below each one. Here's another example: Say I want to attach a pic to an email. When I attempt to do so, all I get is a window with...

When selecting FILES and OPEN in apps such as ADOBE PHOTOSHOP (and others) all I can see is silly little fake pics instead of the real one. Very maddening and am unable to figure out how to change it in WINDOWS8. Seems to be a default fixed feature but I surely hope not. Anyone else experience...