Thumbs.db was created in Windows XP in every folder that contained picture files.
Windows 7 creates a central thumbache in your user folder.
But Windows 7 creates thumbs.db files while browsing network folders.
Here is a little howto to disable thumbs.db in Windows 7 browsing network folders.
- Open your registry editor.
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\
- If key “Explorer” doesn’t exists create a key named “Explorer”
- In key “Explorer” please create a new DWORD 32 bit value named “DisableThumbsDBOnNetworkFolders” with value = 1
- Reboot your system
Another possibility:
- Download this packed registry file
- Unpack the archive
- Execute the unpacked registry file
- Reboot your system.
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