SOLVED icons or thumbnail

[johnnyb]

I have an MS excel document for which I have a shortcut on my desktop. It will only appear as a thumbnail. If I change the folder view preference to "icon" for that folder, ALL my folders on the PC change to this, while I only wish the one File to change. Other files in the folder do show as Icons - for example all my Word files shortcuts show an icon. Any suggestions?

Other excel file shortcuts in other folders appear with the Excel Icon.

 

[Veedaz]

Hi johnnyb and welcome

Try making the shortcut within excel then put excel to one side (Windows + Arrow Key) and drag the shortcut to your desktop.

 

[johnnyb]

Thanks to Veedaz for your reply. While following your suggestion I noticed a small tick box when trying to save the file - it said "Thumbnail"!

I cleared this and all is well now - thanks for your time and trouble.