Thumbs.db From Showing Up In Folders?
Mar 15, 2007I have Windows XP Pro, SP2. Is there a way to stop the files Thumbs.db from showing up in folders?
I have Windows XP Pro, SP2. Is there a way to stop the files Thumbs.db from showing up in folders?
I recently uninstalled Norton Antivirus and started using another anti virus program by Computer Associates. After my first scan these hidden files called thumbs.db started showing up in all my picture folders and the other folders that I have the view set to Thumbnails or Tiles. This happened after the first scan. By the way there are no virus' on my machine as far as I can tell. I have gone into the folder view options to make sure that hidden files and system files are still hidden, and they are. But these files are still showing. I have even set my computer to Do Not Cache Thumbnails to try and fix this and that didn't work. I tried to delete these files and I get an error message.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?
Just noticed that I have this file in all my picture folders. Thumbs.db. I have no idea what they are or how they got there. Can I delete them?
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