caryn@carynwakelin.com

So - I tried the steps you said above and rebuilt the database by logging out, moving the Evernote file to the desktop and logging back in. Evernote rebuilt the database for me - it is exactly the same, with the same thumbnail images missing from the snippets. However, I was playing around with the view options and found that when in snippet view, snippet 55 shows no thumbnail image (although it has an image in its note) and snippet 56 shows its thumbnail correctly. When viewed in 'Thumbnail view' the thumbnail relating to note 55 is empty, but its image is showing in thumbnail 56! When thumbnail 56 is clicked on to display the note, the correct image for note 56 is displayed within the note! Thumbnail 0003 does have a tiny image in the top left corner, but this is blank in snippet view. I have no idea what is going on here and I'm sure you dont either. In total there are around 70 missing images in snippet view. I might have to email support, although I dont hold out much hope! Thank you so much for trying to help me with this weird problem. Much appreciated. Caryn

Thanks Jefito - thought I was going mad!

According to my emails I have had a reply from a member called Hartog, but I'm not seeing this in this thread. Unsure why? They said this: Although permissions and Notes proxy could have something to do with the problem, the likely cause, especially since not everyone in the environment has issues, would be something on the local desktop. I wonder if they would care to elaborate on this? If it was something on my local desktop, why would only a few of the thumbnails not show? And what sort of issue with my desktop could cause this intermittent fault? I also dont know anything about permissions and notes proxy, so some further information would be great. Thanks

Hi Gazumphed - is rebuilding thumbnail index only available to premium subscribers, as it isn't showing in my extended menu list (unless it's called something weird)! It's been at least two weeks since the last of the notes were created, and some were even last month (as I ran out of data), and still missing thumbnails. I wondered if it might be that the file is not a supported type, but all images were taken from Google search with 'copy image' and pasted directly into the note, or sometimes pasted into Serif Photoplus and resized or cropped. These were exported as png files before importing into Evernote. If it's possible that this might be happening, I don't know how to check the file extension in Evernote. I have tried using the Evernote online help system but, to be honest, it is worse than useless! I type in search terms and the help that I am offered bears no relation to the term I input, even when using a single word. I have tried various phrases and there is nothing helpful, hence my resorting to the kindness of other users in this community. I very much appreciate you trying to help. Thank you.

Thank you so much for the reply. That is very useful information. I had noticed that, if I had more than one image in the note, it seemed to pick an image for the snippet at random, which is OK with me - it doesnt matter which one is chosen luckily. I am finding that some of the snippets are not showing an image at all, even though there is an image in the note, which is roughly the same size and in the same place (top left) of the note in all of my notes. I dont understand why some snippets show the image and some don't. I made some appear by moving the image down two or three lines, but this didnt work with all of them. I think there's about 20 -25 out of 600 that aren't showing so it's not a huge problem, but more frustrating than anything, in that there seems to be no reason for it! Thanks again.

Hi - I have a notebook with stamps and dies for crafting. Each note has an image which is showing correctly in the note and, in most cases, also in the list of notes (not sure what to call this area - are they snippets?). If I move the image within the note slightly down, this sometimes results in the image showing in the snippet, but not always. Is there a reason some images show and others do not. It doesnt seem to be related to image size as I have them all roughly the same. I am using Evernote on a Windows laptop and iPhone. Thank you.