Thumbs.db: Prevent Windows from Creating the Thumbnail Cache
Contributed by AlexTheBeast 
Tagged: Windows Thumbs.dl files are everywhere. If you do not want windows to save the thumbnail cache, you can adjust it.
When a folder is in the thumbnail view, windows creates a thumbnail cache in order to function in this view. This cache is saved so windows does not have to regenerate these thumbnail files everytime somebody views the folder.
Some users find this creation of thumbs.dl files very painful. Windows sometimes will automatically change the default view for a folder if it contains the thumbs.db file.
Here’s how to turn off the thumbnail cache and thus the creation of the thumbs.db files:
- 1. Navigate to the Control Panel
2. Select Folder Options
3. Click the View tab
4. Under advanced settings select Do Not Cache Thumbnails
5. Click OK
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Anonymous said on December 27, 2008
I don’t see such an option on windows vista either.
Senthil Kumar said on October 20, 2010
I tried all above mentioned configuration on my system. But still Thumb.db file is creating. If i am deleting also it is creating again. Please help me to solve this issue
Vasile Manda said on January 27, 2011
Save this as DisableTumbsCache.cmd then run it:
[code]regsvr32 /u "%windir%system32shmedia.dll"
regsvr32 /u "%windir%system32shimgvw.dll"
reg add "HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced" /v "DisableThumbnailCache" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f[/code]
Vasile Manda said on January 27, 2011
except [code] and [/code] directives. seems that this does not run bbcode …