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Image thumbnail not showing up, only generic icon when i goto 'camera uploads' to try to attach imag
hi, i just had to reinstall my pc, reinstall dropbox, etc.. all good.
but in outlook i goto attahc an image, i goto my 'dropbox\camera uploads\ folder, and all i see are generic blue icons , not...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi mm-nyc, thanks for posting on the Community!
Is it possible that you're on a paid plan and have Smart Sync enabled? Also this file is local, perhaps the others have a cloud icon, meaning they're online-only.
You'll need to right-click the files or folder and choose Smart Sync > Local.
For files with the green tick, it's possible that Windows needs to open the file first, or index the folder, in order for the thumbnail to appear. Does this issue only occur for files in the Dropbox folder?
Let me know how it goes!
I have now gone through a few posts about this going back well over a year and it would appear that Dropbox have no interst in resolving this!
I am a photographer, so not having thumbnail images or having them disappear is not simply an irritant. It makes the program I am paying for useless. From what I have noticed one way the thumbnails seems to 'vanish' if you drag the file onto say an HTML5 uploader for websites. Or indeed into Photoshop. Or use a Photoshop action to pull that image in. This never used to happen. It seems to be since this 'cloud' sync nonsense was slipped in as the default without any fanfare.
If this is not going to get resolved I will simply have to move everything over to another system and cancel dropbox
having same issue and have tried literally every suggestion. It's dropbox breaking preview for all apps too if it's in side the folder. must be something with DB breaking the thumbcache.
I am late to the party but I am having exactly the same problem. Camera Uploads are showing generic icons and not a thumbnail of the photo. I have tried all the suggestions in this thread and none of them have worked. Will there be a solution to this problem?
SteveLV - I would say contact dropbox. The more we all keep pestering, maybe there will be a solution. When I've contacted them, I've been told they are aware of the issue, working on it, but have no idea when this will be fixed. From searching history, it looks like this has been an issue for some for over half a year.
