Another Feature or Flaw

[pat55]

PSD file Icons in low resolution only
Suddenly without changing any setting that I am aware of - many PSD files will only display F11 in a very low resolution similar to the attached screen capture.
What may cause this?

[pat55]

Same in both the 17.2 and 17.30.01
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[admin]

A codec is needed to preview PSD files. Only you can know what happened to the codec that stopped working for you. Did you install anything recently?

[pat55]

I did install SumatraPDF.
Then again we are all victims of M$ updates for the latest Win 10.

[pat55]

The only other thing that comes to mind is that
I deleted my google account history and now I must sign in constantly - in the past I stayed signed in.
I thought it was all safe to delete. I do not want to roll time back and experiment in that way.

My PDFs thumbnails (icons) display just fine - except in XY! That is a known bug.

[pat55]

SOLUTION:
FastPictureViewer Codec Pack ($10) - First had to uninstall it using the
installer option. (Zero support by these birds)
The repair and just install 'on top' of did NOT work.

Did a new install and used the 'order#' that is about a year old and all
was well in XY and M$ File Explorer.

Note - the FastStone Image Viewer (free ware) that I constantly make
reference to as a HI - quality program - NEVER FAILED in spite of this
being the flagship free program - they apparently have protected it with an included
no fee codec.

Admin,
Your initial informed guess was correct that it was a codec problem.

How about putting the 'can't drag and drop' if manual sorting is on in the
configuration file - on the front burner? Yes you can have both - see
FastStone as just one example.

Thanks again,
pat

[admin]

Good you solved it. (FastPictureViewer Codec Pack is also what I use here.)

In my impression manual sorting is not as popular as you might think. So the front burner is not the fitting place for this wish.
But note that there is a dedicated toolbar button to quickly toggle manual sorting on and off. Might be useful to you.

[pat55]

Good you solved it. (FastPictureViewer Codec Pack is also what I use here.)


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One or two problems remain: for the PSD files
Now that the codec works again - how can I force an update to thumbnails that are 'small' as in the attacment?
I tried Refresh selected etc NONE did the job. Moving the files to a different folder and then returning back to the first folder does nothing.
I just hate to do something drastic such as deleting a cache - then create an overload that slows the PC to a crawl.

I have a similar problem with PDF files... I think it was Highend that discussed it with you - about a fix for the thumbnails.
Has that been done yet? Same solution?

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In my impression manual sorting is not as popular as you might think. So the front burner is not the fitting place for this wish.
But note that there is a dedicated toolbar button to quickly toggle manual sorting on and off. Might be useful to you.

This works - just an extra step. Thanks for mentioning. There really ought to be a list of such bugs/problems - perhaps with a priority assigned???