Help Pictures and Thumbnails and Facebook. Oh My!

[WVMontani]

Running Windows and and have a Pixel 2

When I save a picture from Facebook it goes into a folder named "Facebook" under DCIM. Then if I connect the Pixel to my PC via a USB cable, I cannot see the pictures under Facebook folder; all I see is icons representing each picture. I'm not seeing Thumbnails of the pictures.

Now, if I look in the Camera folder under DCIM, I see the thumbnails just fine.

Why can't I see Thumbnails under the Facebook folder?

-WVMontani

 

[Dannydet]

I believe windows cannot draw up the thumbnails, if connected by USB...
Once copied to a windows folder, the thumbnails should appear.
I'm no expert, but that's my only explanation...

 

[WVMontani]

I believe windows cannot draw up the thumbnails, if connected by USB...
Once copied to a windows folder, the thumbnails should appear.
I'm no expert, but that's my only explanation...

That does not do me much good because I want to transfer only certain files to the PC not all of them. Besides, I can see thumbnails for the camera folder just fine; it's the Facebook folder where I can't see them.

 

[Billtunew]

Have you tried turning off USB debugging?
Setting>> Developer>> Turn off USB Debugging

 

[Dannydet]

Why not just do everything wirelessly, using Google photos. Access your photos directly from the computer by logging in to your Gmail account

 

[mikedt]

Running Windows and and have a Pixel 2

When I save a picture from Facebook it goes into a folder named "Facebook" under DCIM. Then if I connect the Pixel to my PC via a USB cable, I cannot see the pictures under Facebook folder; all I see is icons representing each picture. I'm not seeing Thumbnails of the pictures.

Now, if I look in the Camera folder under DCIM, I see the thumbnails just fine.

Why can't I see Thumbnails under the Facebook folder?

-WVMontani

It sounds like Windows doesn't know that a folder called "Facebook" might contain pictures, and so it doesn't scan them and generate the thumbnails, and just shows a list of filenames or icons. Unlike a folder called "Pictures", where it assumes there are pictures stored. How you can change that, no ideas I don't use Windows. I use Mac or Linux.

 

[WVMontani]

Have you tried turning off USB debugging?
Setting>> Developer>> Turn off USB Debugging

It's already off.