Some files such as the Thumbs.db file can be disabled in Windows, so if you have a personal PC with Windows on it (ie, VMWare or Parallels), you can set it to prevent caching of thumbnail previews; ...

All the Windows users out there who have "Show hidden files and folders" turned on have probably noticed that pesky Thumbs.db file which plants itself in every folder on your PC of its own accord.

Q: I often see a file called Thumbs.db in many of my folders. I delete it, but it keeps coming back. What is it and how do I get rid of it for good? A. Thumbs.db is a cache file created by Windows ...

OK, so I moved a couple of windows drives to my linux box. I just got done shuffling stuff around to redo them all as xt3 but now I've got thumbs.db files in each folder. I did a find files in gnome ...

I used TweakUI to set thumb size to 192 and I used the command <pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">attrib /s thumbs.db -h -s -r && del /s thumbs.db</pre> to clear out ...