10-18-2006, 01:25 AM | #1 |
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How does one go about deleting existing Thumbs.db files? I have already disabled Thumbnail caching, but through Nero StartSmart, I realised that I still have some Thumbs.db files on my harddrive.
Search is useless, even if I set it to search through hidden files as well. So short of manually deleting each file one by one, is there any easier way to do it? Cheers. [ 10-18-2006, 01:26 AM: Message edited by: Dundee Slaytern ] |
10-18-2006, 08:45 AM | #2 |
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Why do you want to?
If it's taking up too much space, just change your settings so that you are no longer viewing all files, adn abviously disable thumbnail view [img]smile.gif[/img] |
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10-18-2006, 02:12 PM | #5 |
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Try this:
Go to Tools -> Folder Options -> View tab -> and mark "Do not cache thumbnails" On a side notice, search works fine for me if I set it to search through hidden files... are you sure you have any thumbs.db files left?
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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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10-19-2006, 01:31 AM | #8 |
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I was afraid someone was going to say that... I'll go dig it up tomorrow.
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Okay... I tracked down the guy who helped me find and fix it. Here's the information from him:
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I think I used the second option under the MS Kbase entry to fix it for me.
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10-19-2006, 03:17 PM | #10 |
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I think that's a slightly different bug Bunglea, it appears to be talking about errors in searching through the content of those particular files which we don't need to do.
All you should have to do for this should be to go to advanced options and tell it to search hidden and system files for thumbs.db. [ 10-19-2006, 03:20 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ] |
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