When browsing pictures or video files in Windows 7, sometimes icons and thumbnails will not display properly, usually if this is not the case, ten is a problem with the related cache file, and the following is a screenshot of the cache exception:
By the way, thumbnails that appear when you browse a file are typically stored in a cached folder to facilitate faster browsing the next time, but sometimes the cached files crash, and you need to rebuild the cached files.
To rebuild the Windows 7 thumbnail caching method:
1. Type "Disk Cleanup" in the Start Search field and press ENTER to open the Disk Cleanup tool.
2. Select the system disk letter. (here, take system disk C for example)
3. All you need to do now is to check the thumbnails item in the "Files to delete" column. Then, confirm the deletion.
Rebuild Windows 7 Thumbnail caching method two:
1. Enter the following address in the Address bar, carriage return.
%userprofile%appdatalocalmicrosoftwindowsexplorer
2. Depending on the size of the icons, the following four. db files are stored in the folder, please delete them all.
Thumbcache_32.db
Thumbcache_96.db
Thumbcache_256.db
Thumbcache_1024.db
After clearing these icon caches, and then opening the file, the thumbnail should return to normal.