I notice in some of My Document Folders the file Thumbs.db is there. What
is it, what is it for, is it needed ?
tks
Fred

Fred wrote:

> I notice in some of My Document Folders the file Thumbs.db is there. What
> is it, what is it for, is it needed ?
> tks
> Fred

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...+Searc h&aq=f

Malke
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"Fred" <No Can Do@Lost.net> wrote:

> I notice in some of My Document Folders the file Thumbs.db is there.
> What is it, what is it for, is it needed ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbs.db

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Thanks Malke
Fred

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Fred wrote:
>
>> I notice in some of My Document Folders the file Thumbs.db is there.
>> What
>> is it, what is it for, is it needed ?
>> tks
>> Fred
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...+Searc h&aq=f
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!

thumbs.db is a file automatically created in a folder containing images.
I wouldn't say there's any harm in removing it, However I don't see a
point to it.

If you remove it, reboot it should re-create itself.

As for what it's used for it's a cache for your images in that folder
used by the windows explorer thumbnail view.

"Fred" <No Can Do@Lost.net> wrote

>I notice in some of My Document Folders the file Thumbs.db is there. What
>is it, what is it for, is it needed ?
> tks
> Fred


In addition to the other replies, sometimes this file can get corrupted, and
the images won't display properly. If that happens just delete it. It will
be recreated.

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