# IE no longer shows graphics, help?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-no-longer-shows-graphics-help/219915>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 19, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-no-longer-shows-graphics-help/219915 "2003-12-19T04:56:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-no-longer-shows-graphics-help/219915/1 "2003-12-19T04:56:11Z")

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All of a sudden my IE no longer shows pictures, banners, icons or anything other than text. I have a cable modem and AFAIK the most recent version of IE. After I logged on, the first few pages loaded fine, then nothing but text. The only “change” I can think of is that I ran cleandisk last night which removes cookies, temp internet files etc. Was something reset? Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-no-longer-shows-graphics-help/219915/2 "2003-12-19T05:30:31Z")

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In IE, …

Tools | Internet Options | Advanced | Multimedia | Show Pictures

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-no-longer-shows-graphics-help/219915/3 "2003-12-19T05:33:36Z")

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Try Tools - Internet Options - Advanced - Multimedia - Check Show pictures