In Vista there isn't an option to never create thumbs. So I clicked don't show them but I don't think that's right.
Posted by: Jean Hering at July 28, 2007 6:15 AM
Excellent!
Posted by: Ali Darvishan at July 28, 2007 10:49 AM
I have the opposite problem. The Do Not Cache box is NOT checked, but the thumbs.db are still not being created. Why not? I want to see thumbnails, but they do not appear.
Posted by: David Henriks at August 28, 2007 6:06 PM
Hi Leo,
I was moving a folder with many jpegs from one drive to another. The jpegs were all arranged alphabetically. When it came to the 'T's, the thumbs.db files started moving, then I got an error message. All the jpegs up to the T's moved over to the new drive and when I access the new folder, I can see thumbnails. All the jpegs after the T are stuck in the old drive, and when I open the old folder, I cannot see the thumbnails. I tried to more the remaining jepegs over, but the thumbs.db files start moving and I get the error message again. What can I do? Will deleting the thumbs.db from the old folder help? Also why can I not see thumbnails of the jpegs remaining in the old folder?
Posted by: Harold at May 22, 2008 2:37 AM
THANKS LEO: WORKED LIKE A CHARM!
Was cleaning my picture folder and this file had over 9MB so I was trying to get rid of the bigger file like this. Yet windows kept telling me it was being used by a program, but, being windows it does not tell you which one! So trying to figure out and close the thing was driving me nuts. Great job Chief!
Posted by: Oldman at June 18, 2008 12:56 AM
I'm using windows vista and I cannot see the Do Not Cache thumbnail.I wsa to get rid of the thumbs.db permanently
Posted by: Kajal at June 27, 2008 10:35 PM
Leo,
I was trying to delete an old folder that had some pictures in it. When I went to delete it, Windows would not let me delete the Thumbs.db file. I am able to delete everything in the folder (word files and picture files) but cannot delete the Thumbs.db file. Windows keeps telling me that it cannot delete Thumbs.db files and that another program or person is using it. Only there are no other programs open and no other people logged on. I can see the hidden file, but Windows will not let me delete it. I'm stumped, can you help me? Thanks!
Posted by: Joel at October 22, 2008 1:09 PM
I still get a message that the Thumbs.db cannot be deleted, nor moved, because it is "being used by another program." It isn't... with the exception, possibly, of an unseen piece of the Windows Explorer program that might be snuggled in some cache someplace. This is something new to my environment as I have heretofore been able to delete folders at will. It may be a firewall thing, I'm not sure.
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Just a thumbnail.. safe to delete
Posted by: George Arauz at July 23, 2007 11:20 PMThanks...i was wondering what exactly it was..
Posted by: sreejith at July 28, 2007 1:29 AMIn Vista there isn't an option to never create thumbs. So I clicked don't show them but I don't think that's right.
Posted by: Jean Hering at July 28, 2007 6:15 AMExcellent!
Posted by: Ali Darvishan at July 28, 2007 10:49 AMI have the opposite problem. The Do Not Cache box is NOT checked, but the thumbs.db are still not being created. Why not? I want to see thumbnails, but they do not appear.
Posted by: David Henriks at August 28, 2007 6:06 PMHi Leo,
I was moving a folder with many jpegs from one drive to another. The jpegs were all arranged alphabetically. When it came to the 'T's, the thumbs.db files started moving, then I got an error message. All the jpegs up to the T's moved over to the new drive and when I access the new folder, I can see thumbnails. All the jpegs after the T are stuck in the old drive, and when I open the old folder, I cannot see the thumbnails. I tried to more the remaining jepegs over, but the thumbs.db files start moving and I get the error message again. What can I do? Will deleting the thumbs.db from the old folder help? Also why can I not see thumbnails of the jpegs remaining in the old folder?
Posted by: Harold at May 22, 2008 2:37 AMTHANKS LEO: WORKED LIKE A CHARM!
Was cleaning my picture folder and this file had over 9MB so I was trying to get rid of the bigger file like this. Yet windows kept telling me it was being used by a program, but, being windows it does not tell you which one! So trying to figure out and close the thing was driving me nuts. Great job Chief!
Posted by: Oldman at June 18, 2008 12:56 AMI'm using windows vista and I cannot see the Do Not Cache thumbnail.I wsa to get rid of the thumbs.db permanently
Posted by: Kajal at June 27, 2008 10:35 PMLeo,
Posted by: Joel at October 22, 2008 1:09 PMI was trying to delete an old folder that had some pictures in it. When I went to delete it, Windows would not let me delete the Thumbs.db file. I am able to delete everything in the folder (word files and picture files) but cannot delete the Thumbs.db file. Windows keeps telling me that it cannot delete Thumbs.db files and that another program or person is using it. Only there are no other programs open and no other people logged on. I can see the hidden file, but Windows will not let me delete it. I'm stumped, can you help me? Thanks!
I still get a message that the Thumbs.db cannot be deleted, nor moved, because it is "being used by another program." It isn't... with the exception, possibly, of an unseen piece of the Windows Explorer program that might be snuggled in some cache someplace. This is something new to my environment as I have heretofore been able to delete folders at will. It may be a firewall thing, I'm not sure.
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