Windows 7 icons generic vs photos

Until a few days ago my Windows 7 has been posting large icons in the form of images of my SIN.  Now, it's to show them as generic icons.  This does not work for me because I have thousands of photos in hundreds of files I need to look at a glance before opening.  Can you tell me why is this happening all of a sudden, and how it can be fixed.  I read all the forums 2010-boxes, present and uncontrolled and deleted thumbs etc. but nothing helps.  That's what I have on very large icons.  Help, please!

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