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Hi: I have 5 partitions on a 200 Gig HD. All throughout the folders

everywhere, I have a thunbs.db file.

 

Is there any way to del all these files from a command line? I can get a

command line easily, but need a command...lol...many thanks...Mike

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    You can delete it, but it will come back. It maintains information about

    the thumbnail view of any image files in a folder.

     

     

    "MikeG" <mgaydos06@nospamm.adelphia.net> wrote in message

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    > Hi: I have 5 partitions on a 200 Gig HD. All throughout the folders

    > everywhere, I have a thunbs.db file.

    >

    > Is there any way to del all these files from a command line? I can get a

    > command line easily, but need a command...lol...many thanks...Mike

    >

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    Hi Mike,

     

    I wouldn't bother with the command line. Just use the windows search

    utility to find all instances of thumbs.db on the C drive. Then when it's

    done, highlight them all and press shift / delete.

     

    Hope this helps,

     

    Jim

     

    "MikeG" <mgaydos06@nospamm.adelphia.net> wrote in message

    news:x_GdnXXBqsPlyxTbnZ2dnUVZ_qOpnZ2d@adelphia.com...

    > Hi: I have 5 partitions on a 200 Gig HD. All throughout the folders

    > everywhere, I have a thunbs.db file.

    >

    > Is there any way to del all these files from a command line? I can get a

    > command line easily, but need a command...lol...many thanks...Mike

    >

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    Worked nicely; thanks a lot Jim...Mike

    "Jim Robin" <jim.robin@loganswell.f2s.com> wrote in message

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    > Hi Mike,

    >

    > I wouldn't bother with the command line. Just use the windows search

    > utility to find all instances of thumbs.db on the C drive. Then when it's

    > done, highlight them all and press shift / delete.

    >

    > Hope this helps,

    >

    > Jim

    >

    > "MikeG" <mgaydos06@nospamm.adelphia.net> wrote in message

    > news:x_GdnXXBqsPlyxTbnZ2dnUVZ_qOpnZ2d@adelphia.com...

    >> Hi: I have 5 partitions on a 200 Gig HD. All throughout the folders

    >> everywhere, I have a thunbs.db file.

    >>

    >> Is there any way to del all these files from a command line? I can get a

    >> command line easily, but need a command...lol...many thanks...Mike

    >>

    >

    >

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    "MikeG" <mgaydos06@nospamm.adelphia.net> wrote in message

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    > Worked nicely; thanks a lot Jim...Mike

     

    Give it time.. .they'll be back. They are auto-generated by Windows.

     

    You can turn off viewing them, but you can't turn off their generation.

     

    HTH

    -pk

     

    > "Jim Robin" <jim.robin@loganswell.f2s.com> wrote in message

    > news:OnlDgnOvHHA.5104@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

    >> Hi Mike,

    >>

    >> I wouldn't bother with the command line. Just use the windows search

    >> utility to find all instances of thumbs.db on the C drive. Then when

    >> it's done, highlight them all and press shift / delete.

    >>

    >> Hope this helps,

    >>

    >> Jim

    >>

    >> "MikeG" <mgaydos06@nospamm.adelphia.net> wrote in message

    >> news:x_GdnXXBqsPlyxTbnZ2dnUVZ_qOpnZ2d@adelphia.com...

    >>> Hi: I have 5 partitions on a 200 Gig HD. All throughout the folders

    >>> everywhere, I have a thunbs.db file.

    >>>

    >>> Is there any way to del all these files from a command line? I can get a

    >>> command line easily, but need a command...lol...many thanks...Mike

    >>>

    >>

    >>

    >

    >

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    > [MikeG] wrote-:

    >> Hi: I have 5 partitions on a 200 Gig HD. All throughout the folders

    >> everywhere, I have a thunbs.db file.

    >>

    >> Is there any way to del all these files from a command line? I can get a

    >> command line easily, but need a command...lol...many thanks...Mike

     

    Open command prompt and run:

    CD \

    del /a /s thumbs.db

     

    > [Patrick Keenan] wrote-:

    > You can turn off viewing them, but you can't turn off their generation.

     

    Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab > Tick "Do not cache thumbnails" > OK

     

     

     

     

    Good Luck, Ayush.

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    OK, got it - many thanks to all...Mike

    "Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com"> wrote in message

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    >> [MikeG] wrote-:

    >>> Hi: I have 5 partitions on a 200 Gig HD. All throughout the folders

    >>> everywhere, I have a thunbs.db file.

    >>>

    >>> Is there any way to del all these files from a command line? I can get a

    >>> command line easily, but need a command...lol...many thanks...Mike

    >

    > Open command prompt and run:

    > CD \

    > del /a /s thumbs.db

    >

    >

    >> [Patrick Keenan] wrote-:

    >> You can turn off viewing them, but you can't turn off their generation.

    >

    > Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab > Tick "Do not cache thumbnails"

    > > OK

    >

    >

    >

    >

    > Good Luck, Ayush.

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    > Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/

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