Topic: OT but I'm sure someone here must know... (Read 977 times)

Starforce2 · « **on:** April 15, 2005, 12:52:56 am »

thumbs.db files are showing up when I rar up files, or un-rar/zip them, but theya re not showing up as visable files, nor is search finding them, and I have "show hidden files" enabled. how exactly do I get these things to show up so I can get rid of them all?

GotAFarmYet? · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2005, 01:58:28 am »

They are part of the windows management system. I just delete them once I make the zip or rar file.

Use the one saying "Hide protected operating system file [recommended]" one a few lines down that will do it for you.

Sapharite · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2005, 02:43:17 am »

Uh damn XP and damn Databases files :-/

Starforce2 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2005, 06:53:12 am »

this is win2000 actualy. I had some over 1000k.

atheorhaven · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2005, 03:34:23 pm »

Quote from: Starforce2 on April 15, 2005, 06:53:12 am

this is win2000 actualy. I had some over 1000k.

Same thing as being under XP for this... once you have the view hidden files enabled, then do a "Details" view. You should see it then. Then delete the Thumbs.db file and it'll shrink the archive size. The trick though is not to use thumbnail view unless you want Windows generating those Thumbs.db files..

Smiley · « **Reply #5 on:** April 17, 2005, 05:21:51 pm »

Windows generates them when you have images in the folder that you can preview. They're basically just image caches, they speed up viewing once you have previewed the images before. More or less the same as Paint Shop Pro "pspbrwse.jbf" files.

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