How To: Remove Thumbs.db
Thumbs.db is a very annoying file if you are showing all files in Windows. Thumbs.db is a cache file for thumbnails shown in Windows Explorer, and they litter your hard drive. There are two really good reasons to remove these files from your computer:
- I am not sure of anyone who uses the thumbnail view in Explorer, maybe I am limiting who I asked… but I can’t find a one.
- Computers and graphics cards are much more powerful then when Windows XP was released, and while caching can sometimes be good it’s usually not needed.
To me these are about as annoying as the .DS_STORE files that Macs put all over the place on networked attached drives. So how do we get rid of them? Easy:
- From “My Computer” click on the “Tools” menu item
- Click on “Folder Options”, and the folder options dialog will appear
- Click on the “View” tab
- Check the “Do not cache thumbnails” option
You may also want to search your hard drive for “Thumbs.db” and delete all of them. I wish there was a way to hide this file in Explorer without hiding all system files. This tip, unfortunately, does not save you if you download one of these files in a ZIP file from someone else’s computer.
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I hate those damn files….but I do use thumbnail view many times when I need to find a graphic and I don’t remember the name or the naming convention I used for them.
I just wish that file never existing. thanks for the tip though, I need to utilize that.
btw- How often do you change your blog theme
I think everytime I check back its different.