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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:16 pm    Post subject: Thumbs.db
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Thumbs.db

Hope this is in the right forum, but can anyone tell me what this file is? It keeps appearing all over the place.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:30 pm    Post subject:
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http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,13357,00.asp

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What's up with Thumbs.db.

If a folder's options are set to let you view all files, you may see a new file called Thumbs.db in that folder. This is the folder's thumbnails database. If you don't see Thumbs.db, choose View, Folder Options, click the View tab, select "Show all files" in the Advanced settings list, and click OK. Each folder with a thumbnail view will have its own Thumbs.db file; and the more files a folder contains, the larger its Thumbs.db file will be. So if you're getting tight on disk space, it pays to keep track of how much space these files occupy. To see their cumulative size, choose Start, Find, Files or Folders, type Thumbs.db in the Name field, choose Local hard drives for "Look in," and click Find Now. Press Ctrl-A to select all the found files, and press Alt-Enter to display a Properties dialog box that shows the total disk space consumed.

If thumbnails are crowding your hard drive, consider changing the View menu setting to something other than Thumbnails. Then display the Properties for the folder as explained above, and uncheck "Enable thumbnail view." Doing this deletes the Thumbs.db file for that folder. Repeat for as many folders as desired.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 5:11 pm    Post subject: Thumbnails
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Thanks, Paul, for the very helpful response and quote.

The only thing I see about thumbnails in the Folders Options>View relates to "Do not cache thumbnails." It was unchecked, is this where I check?

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 8:34 pm    Post subject:
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Actually for me I just delete mine every so often. They just get rebuilt.. you can consider the file as a sort of index for images when viewed in explorer.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 10:13 am    Post subject: Thumbs.db
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Paul, FYI, it seems that they are deleted when the "Do not cache thumbnails" is checked.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 11:07 am    Post subject:
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Oh excellent. I'll have to enable that feature then.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:30 pm    Post subject: thumbs.db
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I'm getting a different problem with my thumbnail options... for some reason, when I choose thumbnail, the icon won't turn into a picture preview like it should.. not sure if somehow the whole thing is corrupt or not, but the only way I can preview pictures is to customize folders so that when I click on an icon it previews in a window on the left. Any suggestions on how to get my thumbnails working properly again?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:42 pm    Post subject:
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Yes the db might be corrupt. Try removing it.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 6:06 pm    Post subject: thumbs.db
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Sorry for my complete ignorance on this subject. I don't even have the thumbs.db files in my directories anymore. When you click on the "thumbnails" option, it would normally be created, but it's not being created anymore. Any suggestions?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 9:25 am    Post subject:
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images in thumb.db are stored in jpeg format, but without the quantization tables and huffmann codes.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 2:57 pm    Post subject: Cannot view thumbnails
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Microsoft has a fix if you are unable to view thumbnails. Search Microsofts knowledge database for Cannot View Thumbnail Image (Q243401). Follow the instructions and you should be viewing in no time.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:16 am    Post subject: thanks... and also a Spy question...
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This is info is what I needed. Thanks... just joined today and already proved useful.
This is the first time I have seen this one. I am having a bit of a spy problem Shocked and checking out files. And I will catch up with the person hopefully... Does anyone know what the best spy remover is? A nice powerful one. Very Happy

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