soccerchris2006 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2005 Hey! I primarily use a Windows XP SP2 when I'm building my website. And, I have to transfer the updates from my personal PC to another PC. But, whenever I do, all the directories that have pictures in them have a bloody file labelled "Thumbs.db." I know what it is, but how do I get rid of them and keep them gone? Thanks!Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nightfox1405241487 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2005 I feel your pain! I personally don't know the full reason behind the "Thumbs.db" file. When mass uploading my website, sometimes a thumbs file sneaks in (I select everything in my FTP client and then deselect the thumbs.db) and then I have to delete it.I think you can turn this off by going to Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > View > Do not cache thumbnails. Let me know if that works. If not, under that same tab, select "Show hidden files and folders" and just delete the Thumbs.db file. Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > View > Do not cache thumbnails Could someone check to see if this works? Thanks![N]F Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giniu 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2005 I don't know if this method works, but I know what those files are for...Win XP in it's eye-candy-nes likes to preview image files since it thinks that you don't know what files you have on your own computer (who system should trust if not user? never mind...) and it creates Thumbnail previewss of them and store them in it's database that is created one by directory. And those files are named thumbs.db - they are created for "comfort" of use... to not wait for generating those previews every time you visit directory. You can turn them of and you can be sure that you have those files when you use explorer to browse directories in which you have images... use for example Total Commander or similar to prevent creating those files if you wouldn't be able to turn it off... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Proton 0 Report post Posted June 4, 2005 Hey! I primarily use a Windows XP SP2 when I'm building my website. And, I have to transfer the updates from my personal PC to another PC. But, whenever I do, all the directories that have pictures in them have a bloody file labelled "Thumbs.db." I know what it is, but how do I get rid of them and keep them gone? Thanks! Â Chris <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You don't need the thumbs.db files when uploading to the internet, they are only used to keep settings relating to the folder they are kept in. For example ify ou were to change the layout of a folder from list to thumbnails. thumbs.db will be created with the information to switch view to thumbnail when entering the folder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ninjamunky 0 Report post Posted June 4, 2005 Cached thumbnails for View>Thumbnails feature.In any folder:*Tools>Folder Options*View tabFind the check box that says "[_]Do not cache thumbnails"Should be right above the Hidden Files and Folders section. That should take care of it. At least that's my guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feroze 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2005 my father thought thumbs.db was a spyware and made me believe it.As im incharge of maintaining security at our school computers,i had to go around delelting that thumbs.db in 43 computers to be exact.it took me 2 weeks. Again i check they all will return Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ninjamunky 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2005 Anyone who is still confused:http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/First result I got on Google when I put in "Thumbs.db" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soleimanian 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2005 Hey! I primarily use a Windows XP SP2 when I'm building my website. And, I have to transfer the updates from my personal PC to another PC. But, whenever I do, all the directories that have pictures in them have a bloody file labelled "Thumbs.db." I know what it is, but how do I get rid of them and keep them gone? Thanks!  Chris 1064305707[/snapback] to disable Thumbnails View feature in Windows XP ( Professional and home) Windows XP Professional edition : 1- click Start>click Run and type gpedit.msc and click ok to run Windows Group Policy 2- find following >> User Configuration/Administrative Template/Windows Components/Windows Explorer 3- in right panel find and right click âTurn off caching of thumbnail picturesâ and select properties 4- in dialog box select âENABLEDâ and click Apply and then OK.   Windows XP Home edition: Go to Control Panel and double click on Folder Options, in view tab, find and mark âDo not cache thumbnailsâ check box and click apply and then OK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yordan 10 Report post Posted November 19, 2005 to disable Thumbnails View feature in Windows XP ( Professional and home)I guess this will prevent you from seeing the thumbnails, but they still exist. So, they will probably be uploaded by ftp.Personnally, I don't care of thumbs.db Simply, I upload them, and I delete them from my Xisto site. Maybe it's the fastest and the safest way. You still see them on your computer and you are able to manage them, and you remove them from your site because your site does not need thime.Same thing with some text files i write down for myself, they are usual on my PC but not necessary on my site, so I remove them from my Xisto site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PureHeart 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2005 After disable them, you may need to remove them manually. Search for them and then delete. You need to show the hidden files too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jipman 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2005 Notice from jipman: Seems like there's no reason anymore to keep this thing open. The answer has been given and it doesn't seem to me that there'll be much to discuss about this subject.Locking it up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xboxrulz1405241485 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2005 well, Thumbs.db is a small database that Windows XP uses to remember your thumbnails and how big they are. They then store it to these small db files. It's not a real problem, just don't use the thumbnail feature then :)xboxrulz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mastero 0 Report post Posted December 14, 2005 my father thought thumbs.db was a spyware and made me believe it.As im incharge of maintaining security at our school computers,i had to go around delelting that thumbs.db in 43 computers to be exact.it took me 2 weeks. Again i check they all will return Poor you but im wondering why they made thumbs.db files, I mean I hate it I always appears in the directories,'O' well i'll disable them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
briealeida 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2007 *bump*This is still useful and used to drive me crazy when I was using XP! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xboxrulz1405241485 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2007 It's just a MS Access database file. The file should be hidden and it should be very small. The file just allows the thumbnails to load faster when you choose the thumbnail view.xboxrulz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites