# Windows 2000 Q: No actual pictures in View \> Thumbnail folder view. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 15, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-2000-q-no-actual-pictures-in-view-thumbnail-folder-view/201693 "2003-09-15T07:24:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-2000-q-no-actual-pictures-in-view-thumbnail-folder-view/201693/1 "2003-09-15T07:24:29Z")
Ack! I cant figure out how to get actual images to show up in Windows 2000 when I go to view \> thumbnails. I just get the Photoshop 7 JPEG logo surrounded by white. Google searches have only netted me info on how to fix it on XP & ME. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-2000-q-no-actual-pictures-in-view-thumbnail-folder-view/201693/2 "2003-09-15T07:33:43Z")
**Qadgop the Mercotan** had this problem a few weeks back. Read through [his thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=208383) and see if anything there helps. Read through the MS Knowledgebase article I linked to in that thread as it also applied to Windows 2000. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-2000-q-no-actual-pictures-in-view-thumbnail-folder-view/201693/3 "2003-09-15T07:42:05Z")
Thank you I am currently working through the options listed in that thread to see if any work for me. =) _my hero!_ ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-2000-q-no-actual-pictures-in-view-thumbnail-folder-view/201693/4 "2003-09-15T07:47:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I’m just pining. > > Copy the following text in the quote to notepad, then save it somewhere as Fixjpg.reg.Then double-click the Fixjpg.reg and reply Yes or OK to any prompt that comes up about merging the file to your registry. This will do the suggested fix in the MS knowledgebase article I linked to earlier. You might need to reboot for it to take effect. If it does work, right-click the file, choose Edit, and substitute .gif where you see .jpg. Save the file, then double-click it again. \*\* This worked like a charm. Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-2000-q-no-actual-pictures-in-view-thumbnail-folder-view/201693/5 "2003-09-15T15:05:52Z")
I have a thumbnail problem on my XP machine. In the folder where I keep my digital camera’s files, if I get too many (like 200 or 300) in one folder and choose thumbnail view, then scroll down the window to look at them, at some point before I get to the end, my computer will reboot. No shutdown process, it just immediately turns off and starts booting up again. This happens whether I use the mouse to drag the slider down, or use the keyboard with the down arrow or page down. However, if I switch to “details” view, and scroll down the list so that it has to read the dimensions of the files as it goes, then when I switch back to thumbnails view, it will usually work. So I do my best to keep the pitcures separated into folders of less than 200 pictures. Has anyone else heard of this? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-2000-q-no-actual-pictures-in-view-thumbnail-folder-view/201693/6 "2003-09-15T15:32:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alterego \* > \*\*This worked like a charm. Thank you very much! \*\* Most welcome. **CurtC** , that is a rather odd problem. The 200-300 file limit you mentioned sounds like it might be a memory (physical or virtual) issue. Has it always done this? Have you checked your Event Viewer in Computer Management for a clue as to what’s happening immediately before the shutdowns? ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-2000-q-no-actual-pictures-in-view-thumbnail-folder-view/201693/7 "2003-09-15T16:59:42Z")
Yes, it’s always done that, from the time the computer was new about 18 months ago. Maybe 9 months ago, I did a complete system restore, and the problem existed both before and after. I’ll check the event log.