Zip file thumbs.db

Just do not want to have to upload an extra kb for no reason. Before you zipped the files, did you watch them, or have a preview? It creates this file thumbinal view and places it in the same directory as the files you viewed. I think you selected that file when you zipped the image files you wanted to be zipped. They file thumbs. Thought that even with visible system files there is no tumbs. It's hidden in the Windows properties. So your saying do not have the folder settings on thumbnail or be previewing an image when zipping the files?

Odd how it worked even though I had the settings on thumbnail, but did not include a folder in the zip file. When you select a folder that you ones have view in thumbnail mode the file thumb. When you just select the files out of the folder to zip it won't be in the zip. If you wouldn't want it in the zip-file you can simply delete it from it without any harm to the zip or the files in it. You can post now and register later.

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How to solve the problems that has something to do with thumbs. MiniTool Partition Wizard provides a tutorial in this post. A thumbs. It is a hidden file and only visible when you uncheck Hidden items under the View tab in File Explorer. However, some users encounter problems caused by thumbs. When you open a folder to check contents, Windows loads the Thumbs. If you try to delete the folder, you might find the operation fails and the error message shows the Thumbs.

To solve the problem, you can temporarily disable thumbs. You just need to open the folder and switch to Details view. This will close the thumbs. You can also modify Group Policy Editor to prevent Windows from creating thumbnails. All actions are done on the left pane; the folder to be excluded cannot be selected highlighted ; if it was the last open folder, you need to open up another folder before doing these steps so the thumbs file is overwriten by the new one; then repeat the steps.

It takes some use to figure out the how to, but it works. Good luck. I had this happen with a file a few moments ago and it was driving me insane but I quickly found a way to make it work. I could not get it to delete by Right clicking and selecting delete and I couldn't drag it onto the Recycling Bin icon.

Instead I did this:. And bingo it was gone, granted this isn't a total fix but dragging it into the Recycling Bin icon and the Recycling Bin Window aren't all too different and it works without changing any settings or anything drastic. Create any type of file in the folder and then delete.

This is what I do when it occurs. You can also just copy any type file and paste into folders to save time. Until it is fixed I guess we deal with it.

I never noticed this problem in my XP machine, I had thumbnails disabled. MS have messed up here So to re-iterate, copy a. Just did the above and it is the perfect solution. Just for future references for other replies. Many of these questions are in office conditions were you do not have administrator rights. But it worked - around I've had the same issue this morning with Windows Server Thumbnail generation.

You have my undying gratitude for figuring this problem out. I've been looking for a solution literally for years, and this solution works reliably every time. Now you should be able to delete the file thumb. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro?

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Use this forum to discuss miscellaneous issues that cannot be covered in any other Windows 7 forum. Sign in to vote. Monday, January 28, PM. Monday, April 29, PM. Hi, Please try Disable the generation of thumbs. Tuesday, January 29, AM. Thanks Juke. That way I wouldn't have to do it manually on every machine, and any new machines would always get the setting. I'm using Server mostly to set my GPOs but do have access to a domain controller if the setting only exists in the newer Server version.

Tuesday, January 29, PM. Hi, Yes, you may set this policy on Domain Controller. Wednesday, January 30, AM. Wednesday, January 30, PM. Disabling thumbnails is not a solution. It's a bad workaround for a bug that has existed for way too long. I like thumbnails but I also like deleting directories that at one time contained thumbnails.

As a user, I should be able to do both. Is there a solution for this bug? Thursday, March 14, AM. Very nice. Added jpg to folder. Size of thumb didn't change from 20kb. Tried to delete and it wouldn't. Tried to delete it and it did! Deleted directory including jpg and it also went! Very much appreciated. Tuesday, September 3, PM. Where if the fix for this Microsoft?????? Friday, September 6, AM. I tried this formula, it doesn't work for me!!! This is hateful. Once done, the thumbs. And now you can delete the folder.

Balaji Kundalam. That's not really an answer, that's a workaround. Could you imagine telling an entire company of people "you may have to run Disk Cleanup before you delete a folder". Friday, September 6, PM. Thank you! Works great. Saturday, January 11, PM. If only there was something that was viable for the enterprise Monday, January 13, AM. When will this problem be recognised by the powers at be.