"Always show, icons never thumbnails" option turns of StorageFile thumbnails

Question

Hello, in our app we're getting thumbnails from StorageFiles using this code:

await file.GetThumbnailAsync(ThumbnailMode.SingleItem, 256);

However, that code does not work when the user turns on the "Always show icons, never thumbnails" setting in the View -> Options -> View (Tab).

Does anybody know any work around for this? We do not want to load the full images when all we need is small icons, and the Windows 8 Photo app does load the thumbnails correctly even when that option is on.

Thanks in advance.

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Carlo