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mcj008

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thumbs.db
« on: April 14, 2013, 03:32:00 am »

Hi, I just deleted about 150 thumbs.db not sure why the program is making them, they show up in the library it seems they show up when I make images for my tracks,...why are they made? they just take space....I don't think I need them, when I delete them nothing changes...

Another thing, is there a way to have only preferd tag items selected? like edit the "show all" tag list not to show tag's i don't use?

thanks
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Neco

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Re: thumbs.db
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2013, 04:24:44 am »

Are you sure those files aren't being generated by windows?
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mcj008

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Re: thumbs.db
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2013, 04:58:40 am »

good question bro, well i just looked it up and disabled it in windows policy gpedit.msc, let's see how it goes...thanks
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Neco

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Re: thumbs.db
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2013, 06:41:26 am »

I missed your other question.

You can easily changed which tags are displayed, sure.   Select a file and then bring up the Tag Viewer (alt+enter on my PC) in the side-bar.   On the upper-left-hand corner of the titlebar is a box that looks like a window and has 3 solid lines in front of it.

Click on that box and you can change your options for displaying tags.   You can  Show All Tags,  or select others,  like show the Defaults,  only show tags from the current view, or only show tags that contain values.   When you are NOT using  Show All Tags,  you can additionally  use the  "Also Show" selection to add any other tag field  you want to show.  

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MrC

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Re: thumbs.db
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2013, 12:29:43 pm »

Thumbs.db are generated by Windows, and are used by Explorer to show thumbnails of images.  You can disable auto-generation of these:

   http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/what-are-thumbsdb-files-and-can-i-delete-them-windows.htm
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Re: thumbs.db
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2013, 08:43:01 am »

Neco, a very helpful post. Thank you :)
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mcj008

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Re: thumbs.db
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2013, 09:22:23 am »

yup, it's fine now, thanks guy's!!!
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MrGlasspoole

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Re: thumbs.db
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2014, 02:05:20 am »

Hi,

just realized that MC imports the thumb.db file and found this old topic.
First - who does not want to see thumbs? That is what happens if you
follow that link.
Take a look at my attachment. Its my movie test folder and that is what i
want to see (and the reason i use Shark007s Pack).
Also if you have a folder with pictures from your last holiday and you are
looking for a special picture you want thumbs.

And the topic is not so easy like in that article in that link.
So my post is for other who search here for thumbs.db.

XP, Vista, Win7/8 handle the thumbs.db different.
Since Vista you don't have a thumbs.db in every folder.
It is stored in %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

But if you access network shares with write permissions then Vista/Win7
store a thumbs.db file in that remote directory. So if you have more then one
PC accessing this share, you need do enable
"Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files"
in group policys on all of them.
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This policy setting allows you to configure File Explorer to cache
thumbnails of items residing in network folders in hidden thumbs.db files.

If you enable this policy setting, File Explorer does not create, read from,
or write to thumbs.db files.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, File Explorer creates,
reads from, and writes to thumbs.db files.

I'm not sure about Win8 when it comes to network folders.
The policy is still there and i need to first clean up my server
from the thumbs.db files and change the policy on all PCs in the house.
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