Everything is Crap » thumbs.db http://everythingiscrap.com Notes on the crap we've been subjected to Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:10:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Go away, Thumbs.db! http://everythingiscrap.com/go-away-thumbs-db/ http://everythingiscrap.com/go-away-thumbs-db/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 23:28:00 +0000 paul http://piotrouble.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/go-away-thumbs-db

By default, Windows 7 RC creates Thumbs.db files on your network drives to store image thumbnails. Sometimes, in Windows Explorer, if you try to move a folder that contains images you get an error that says

"The action can't be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program. Close the folder or file and try again"

I took a look at the Resource Monitor (a wonderful tool in Windows Vista and even better in Windows 7) and discovered that the process stopping me was….wait for it…Windows Explorer! So, Windows Explorer can't move the folder because it has a file open, specifically, Thumbs.db!

So, to fix this I went into the local group policy editor (gpedit.msc) and enabled the following setting:

Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files

Which is located in:

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer

Reboot.

SO FAR that fixed the problem for me. Windows Explorer hasn't generated any more Thumbs.db files and I haven't had any problems moving folders.

This should be enabled by default. Grrrrr.

]]> http://everythingiscrap.com/go-away-thumbs-db/feed/ 1 Thumbs.db on Network Shares with Vista, Grrrrr….. http://everythingiscrap.com/thumbs-db-on-network-shares-with-vista-grrrrr/ http://everythingiscrap.com/thumbs-db-on-network-shares-with-vista-grrrrr/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:38:00 +0000 paul http://piotrouble.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/thumbs-db-on-network-shares-with-vista-grrrrr According to Microsoft, Vista doesn't use thumbs.db anymore, so the problem of thumbs.db getting created on network shares has been fixed. But, then Microsoft broke it again with Vista SP1. 
Next registry edit, diabling thumbs.db from showing up on my Mac network shares. Here's a quote…
- Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe). 
- Navigate to the following registry branch: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced
-On the right pane, double click on DisableThumbnailCache value, and set its value data as 1. If the registry key of – DisableThumbnailCache does not exists, create a new DWORD value with that name. 
- Logoff and login again, or restart the computer for the changes to take effect. 
…boom. No more Thumbs.db.
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