Folder Options>View tab>unchceck "Always show icons, never thumbnails".
To preview your photos click View and select medium or large icons.
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"Philip K" <PhilipK@aol/com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> 1. I recently purchased a new computer with Vista Home Premium. It
> replaced an older computer with XP.
> 2. The old computer properly displayed thumbnails in Windows Explorer for
> both JPEG and TIFF files.
> 3. The new computer in the Computer Folder (aka Windows Explorer) does
> not display the thumbnail from the file. Instead, the correct thumbnail
> flashes by and is replaced by a mysterious reddish icon.
> 4. This happens for JPEGs and TIFFs from stored files on DVDs and from
> images made within the new computer by Corel PhotoPaint.
> 5. This happens for all "Views".
> 6. However, the files open correctly in Corel PhotoPaint.
> 7. BMP files correctly display the thumbnail in Windows Explorer
> (Computer Folder).
>
> CAN THIS BE CORRECTED ?
> Thanks for any help and/or suggestions.
> Phil