i keep having this really fucking weird issue with a bunch of my commissioned images. when i open the image in the built in photo viewer on win10, it will either load the image and then suddenly jump to the first image in the folder after a few seconds of displaying, or open the image as if it were the first image in the folder. if i open a different image and arrow through the folders, it will entirely skip these specific images that have this issue.
i've narrowed down one possible distinguishing feature - almost all of the images in this folder have file attributes "AL". however, the images that get skipped/do the strange display behavior all seem to have file attributes "ATL". i have no idea where the "T" comes from, but some deep dive searching leads me to believe that this is a file attribute that means "temporary". i have attempted to use powershell command attrib to remove the T attributes, but it states that T is an invalid code.
so i'm at an impasse. i don't know how to remove this attribute, nor do i fully understand how these images got this attribute - though i have a suspicion, since (as far as i can remember) all of the ones that have this mysterious T attribute were also saved from the windows email app, where the rest were either downloaded from dropbox, saved from telegram or discord, or some other similar method of downloading images. i have no idea WHY saving an attachment from an email via the windows email app would add this attribute, but that's my only real explanation.
regardless, if someone could point me to a method for removing this T attribute, or otherwise steer me in the correct direction if i've entirely misdiagnosed the issue, i would be so thankful,,,
EDIT: issues solved!! if by chance someone stumbles upon this and is having the same issues: check the comments here for how i ended up fixing it. long story short: move/cut+paste the files onto a FAT32 formatted USB drive, shut down and reboot the computer, then move the files back to their original location. as for avoiding the T attribute in the first place: if you're using the windows email app, open the image before right click -> saving it, or use the 'save all attachments' button if there are more than one attached images. i still do not understand why directly right click -> saving an attached image in that email app adds that T attribute - i can only assume it's something to do with it being directly saved from the attachment location, where it is marked as a temporary file due to being an email attachment? fucked up. either way, huge shoutouts to @AzureLazuline for finding the solution, and @AdamSkI2003 for giving me the thought to try reproducing the situation to find out where the T attribute came from.
