Thumbnail Icons on Desktop

I have PSA SE V3 on my computer and recently saved some JPEG files received via email to my desktop. The icons for the files where thumbnails of the actual image in the file, not a generic JPEG icon. When I updated all Adobe applications the other day, both Adobe Reader and PSA SE were indicated as having available updates so I did both. WHen the updates were completed the images reverted to generic JPEG icons, not a thumbnail of the image and I can no longer replicate the behavior of what icon is used on the desktop. I did not set anything special in WINDOWs or run any imaging application originally. The save to the Desktop resulted in the icons as such. WHy did the update mess up my images.

Under PSA SE, go to menu Edit --> Preferences --> Files, and uncheck option to use PSA SE for viewing JPEG files.
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