If I click refresh, they flash on and off again.
Never happened before.
Seems like an update issue.
Anyone else experienced/solved it?

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On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 18:00:58 +0100
pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com> wrote:

> If I click refresh, they flash on and off again.
> Never happened before.
> Seems like an update issue.
> Anyone else experienced/solved it?
>

OK I found the answer.

Usually if you right-click on the desktiop and then on View, you should see at the foot of the menu the option "Show desktop icons".

Mine was missing.

The solution was to click Start, then Settings->Personalization then Taskbar.
Under taskbar find "Use peek to preview the desktop" and turn it on.
Save and reboot Win-10.

Have a good one.

Alan

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On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 18:40:39 +0100
pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 18:00:58 +0100
> pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If I click refresh, they flash on and off again.
> > Never happened before.
> > Seems like an update issue.
> > Anyone else experienced/solved it?
> >
>
> OK I found the answer.
>
> Usually if you right-click on the desktiop and then on View, you should see at the foot of the menu the option "Show desktop icons".
>
> Mine was missing.
>
> The solution was to click Start, then Settings->Personalization then Taskbar.
> Under taskbar find "Use peek to preview the desktop" and turn it on.
> Save and reboot Win-10.
>
> Have a good one.
>
> Alan
>

I spoke too soon. After this mornings powew-up, the same story.
None of the above steps had worked.

Misery guts.

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On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:48:24 +0100, pinnerite wrote:
> I spoke too soon. After this mornings powew-up, the same story.
> None of the above steps had worked.
>

Have you tried restarting File Explorer? (Open any folder, then
Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager. In T.M. right-click on Explorer
and select Restart.)

If that doesn't do it, try a reboot. My hunch is that something just
got into a bad state, and restarting File Manager will fix it, or
failing that restarting Windows.

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Shikata ga nai...

On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 12:52:07 -0700
Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:48:24 +0100, pinnerite wrote:
> > I spoke too soon. After this mornings powew-up, the same story.
> > None of the above steps had worked.
> >
>
> Have you tried restarting File Explorer? (Open any folder, then
> Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager. In T.M. right-click on Explorer
> and select Restart.)
>
> If that doesn't do it, try a reboot. My hunch is that something just
> got into a bad state, and restarting File Manager will fix it, or
> failing that restarting Windows.
>
> --
> Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
> Shikata ga nai...

I had to wait for yet another update to finish on start-up.
Sadly none of your suggestions worked.

I have rebooted yet again (it's a virtual Windows 10).
It's Mum is Mint assisted by VirtualBox.
No change.

Regards

Alan

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On 4/6/2023 6:11 PM, pinnerite wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 12:52:07 -0700
> Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:48:24 +0100, pinnerite wrote:
>>> I spoke too soon. After this mornings powew-up, the same story.
>>> None of the above steps had worked.
>>>
>>
>> Have you tried restarting File Explorer? (Open any folder, then
>> Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager. In T.M. right-click on Explorer
>> and select Restart.)
>>
>> If that doesn't do it, try a reboot. My hunch is that something just
>> got into a bad state, and restarting File Manager will fix it, or
>> failing that restarting Windows.
>>
>> --
>> Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
>> Shikata ga nai...
>
> I had to wait for yet another update to finish on start-up.
> Sadly none of your suggestions worked.
>
> I have rebooted yet again (it's a virtual Windows 10).
> It's Mum is Mint assisted by VirtualBox.
> No change.
>
> Regards
>
> Alan

The only thing I would not do here, is the "sfc /scannow",
because at present, no symptoms suggest it.

https://www.nucleustechnologies.com/blog/thumbnails-preview-not-showing-in-windows/

Using cleanmgr.exe to clear thumbnails, does seem to work, but the
database files do come back. After a reboot, the

iconcache_16.db
iconcache_32.db
iconcache+48.db

are back to 1024KB again each.

Although I have pictures of a lot of graphics cards type
stuff, I don't think that really has anything to do with
this problem. Even if your disk drive the container is on,
is slow, the icons should eventually appear. That leaves
corrupted databases (or, the setting you already selected)
as candidates.

I know your graphics card (4250/4550) has issues, but I feel for the most
part, the environment inside the VM is isolated from those issues.

Paul

On Fri, 7 Apr 2023 20:55:12 -0400
Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

> On 4/6/2023 6:11 PM, pinnerite wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 12:52:07 -0700
> > Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:48:24 +0100, pinnerite wrote:
> >>> I spoke too soon. After this mornings powew-up, the same story.
> >>> None of the above steps had worked.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Have you tried restarting File Explorer? (Open any folder, then
> >> Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager. In T.M. right-click on Explorer
> >> and select Restart.)
> >>
> >> If that doesn't do it, try a reboot. My hunch is that something just
> >> got into a bad state, and restarting File Manager will fix it, or
> >> failing that restarting Windows.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
> >> Shikata ga nai...
> >
> > I had to wait for yet another update to finish on start-up.
> > Sadly none of your suggestions worked.
> >
> > I have rebooted yet again (it's a virtual Windows 10).
> > It's Mum is Mint assisted by VirtualBox.
> > No change.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Alan
>
> The only thing I would not do here, is the "sfc /scannow",
> because at present, no symptoms suggest it.
>
> https://www.nucleustechnologies.com/blog/thumbnails-preview-not-showing-in-windows/
>
> Using cleanmgr.exe to clear thumbnails, does seem to work, but the
> database files do come back. After a reboot, the
>
> iconcache_16.db
> iconcache_32.db
> iconcache+48.db
>
> are back to 1024KB again each.
>
> Although I have pictures of a lot of graphics cards type
> stuff, I don't think that really has anything to do with
> this problem. Even if your disk drive the container is on,
> is slow, the icons should eventually appear. That leaves
> corrupted databases (or, the setting you already selected)
> as candidates.
>
> I know your graphics card (4250/4550) has issues, but I feel for the most
> part, the environment inside the VM is isolated from those issues.
>
> Paul

Thanks Paul,
I followed the link and it solved my problem.

Regards, Alan

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