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Offline Kev_UK

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Removing Thumbs.db
« on: February 11, 2005, 12:47:03 PM »
I have a text file or info on how to disable the service to stop getting Thumbs.db but was wondering is there a removal tool about to actually remove these files, or is it possible to contruct something in a .bat file that runs in dos?

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Removing Thumbs.db
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2005, 01:25:11 PM »
You can stop the enabling of thumbs caching by going to
My Computer>>>Tools>>Folder Options>>View
Do not cache thumbnails

You can just do a search on your computer for thumbs.db
and remove them


A batch to clean out the remaining
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Open a Text file on your desktop

Copy and paste the contents of the quote box to it

Quote
@echo off
cd /d c:\
attrib +a -s -h -r thumbs.db /s
del /s /f thumbs.db
@exit

Save it as the name
clean.bat

Close all windows and double click on it
Hope that helps
« Last Edit: February 11, 2005, 01:43:52 PM by guestolo »

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