Folder showing black on View as icons but fine on view as list

[DaveWalton]

Hi all

This is a very strange issue

 

We have a number of Mac who store work on a NAS

 

 

When the users open a particular folder in "View as icons" it is

blank (see pic)

 

However if I change the view to list it is shows all that is in there (see

next pic)

Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can put it right - with a lot of folders list view isn't ideal.

 

Ironically if I change the folder name it shows in list view for a couple of days before going back to blank

 

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

[Quackers]

Have you tried putting it in Icon mode, changing the view options (right click show view options) and setting it as the defaults, it looks like the icons are just off screen and need a tidy up.

 

I normally get those Clean Up options when i have something off screen.

Edited October 21, 2014 by Quackers

[DaveWalton]

yes ive tried that :-( its only that 1 folder is affected

[Quackers]

Try deleting the .DS_Store file within that folder, its hidden but keeps all the settings for how to display that folder.

[DaveWalton]

That worked :-) I will monitor it and see if it goes back to how it was