Trouble with thumbnail, previews of photos

I'm using Photoshop Elements 12. When I save a photo to a folder in my hard drive I see a thumbnail of the photo in the folder. When I copy it to another folder or to a flash drive, I see a blank thumb nail, no preview of my photo, just a rectangle that says jpeg, with the name of the photo below it. How do I fix this?

I'm using Photoshop Elements 12. When I save a photo to a folder in my hard drive I see a thumbnail of the photo in the folder. When I copy it to another folder or to a flash drive, I see a blank thumb nail, no preview of my photo, just a rectangle that says jpeg, with the name of the photo below it. How do I fix this?

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