Generic icon is displayed for a picture file when in Thumbnail view
Published: Oct 16, 2004Send your feedback
When you change a pictures folder to thumbnail view, thumbnail images may not be generated and generic picture icon may show-up. Also, the Common Tasks image preview may not work when the folder is in any other view.
This happens if the GDI+ thumbnail extractor key, which comes with XP by default, is missing in the registry. To regenerate the image thumbnail extractor handler, type the following command in the Start, Run dialog:
regsvr32 shimgvw.dll
