Thread: RE: Thumbs.db
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Old 10-18-2006, 09:17 PM   #6
Bungleau
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Originally posted by Hivetyrant:
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Originally posted by Dundee Slaytern:
Disabling Thumbnail view has nothing to do with it. I just want a method that allows me to delete all existing Thumbs.db files, short of manual deletion and formating.
By disabling those viewing options for all folders, Windows will remove those files. [/QUOTE]To be specific, Hive, it will not remove those files. It will remove them from the display, but they will still be there.

On some versions of XP, there is an issue with the Find feature in Explorer where it won't find anything. There is a patch for it (because I know I have it [img]smile.gif[/img] ), but if you get that, set your preferences to show hidden files, and search for thumbs.db, you should find them all. Then you can delete them all in one place...
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