thumbs.db
 

why does XP create this file every time i have thumbs or pics in a folder? it's like a hidden file but then gets uploaded each time i send folders to my server with WSFTP

these files get pretty big sometimes (300-400k) but they are useless in the galleries and take up server space for no reason... with thousands of galleries, this adds up to LOTS of wasted storage space

so i just manually delete them all and it seems fine...

anybody got some insight into these thumbs.db files?

change the look of your folders.

"list"

View -> Details

No more thumbs.db

Control panel -> Folder options -> View -> Check "Do not cache thumbnails"

Yea I get the same thing and it fucks up the backend so I have to search and delete the file when it gets uploaded! :(

jDoG

when you have thumbnail previews in XP it creates the thumb.db...change the view like said before to list..speeds up dir browsing as well

excellent... thanks guys

glad to see i wasn't the only one a little puzzled by this

GFY tech support rocks! :thumbsup

hey this is great, i always wondered the same thing.

buh bye thumbs.db :321GFY

Thanks this helped me out too

:thumbsup

and here i really thought i was the only one... it looks like this may help quite a few people

You are not the only one.

Thanks to idinternet.

ha, thanks, i change too :)

i think you are thinking of desktop.ini or folder.ini

well judging by the views and replies, obviously not!