what is "Thumbs.db"???

[albertlee]

Some folders in my back up external harddisk have the files called "Thumbs.db".

 

Those take up a considerable amount of capacity, but I don't know whether they are important, so any idea???

 

thx

 

Albert

[Dak]

whenever you view a folder in thumbnail view, windows creates a file in that folder called thumbs.db, which is a database file with the information on how to display the folder in thumbnale view.

 

the files are safe to delete, and will be recreated everytime you view the file in thumbnail view.

 

if they take up too much space:

 

to delete them all:

 

goto start > search > files and folders

 

type in "thumbs.db".

 

when all the files have been found, hit ctrl-A to select them all

 

press delete.

 

to stop them being permanently stored after there creation:

 

goto start > settings > controll panel > folder options.

 

select the 'view' tab.

 

under advansed settings, tick 'do not cache thumbnails'

[albertlee]

thanks alot!!!

 

apreciate, Dak..!