[ubuntu-uk] explain this then

[norman]

> > There is no problem in opening the image, I cannot understand why the
> > image does not appear,in the folder, as a thumbnail.
> >   
> Check 'View' menu - you are probably viewing icon' not 'preview'
>  - my previous post re file associations was in case they were 
> associated with a program that was showing it's own icon rather than a 
> preview
> Hope this helps

Sorry, it still does not answer the question. Having an icon and not the
image why does it change into a thumbnail after dragging onto the
desktop, opening in an image viewer, closing and dragging the icon back
into the open folder?

Norman