Finder window icons not showing

In the main part of my finder window when I am in column view, the icons for each individual file are not showing. The file name is there as is the extension (if I go into preferences and enable it). I am concerned as-although in itself it is merely an aesthetic thing-I fear it could be the symptom of something more serious. Thus far I have repaired disk permissions but that is about the extent of repair jobs that I can do.
Thanks in advance if you can help.

This could possibly be related to changing the "view options" - mine seem to have corrected itself when I right clicked > show view options and then changed some minor settings - think I changed it to last view and then clicked "Use as defaults" - seemed to work. But this wasn't due to changing it to list view as the icons were also missing as soon as I changed to the different view - just seemed to work when I clicked "Use as defaults" and then they appeared when I open and closed the finder. Hope it works anyway.

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. Based on what you stated, it sounds like Finder takes a while to save and you need to sort a window. I would recommend that you read these articles, they may be helpful in troubleshooting your issue.
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