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Your thumbs.db file contains a storage of all of the thumbnail pictures in a folder. So if you have a folder with pictures in it, this file will store the "mini" version of that picture so you can look at them all without having to open them full size. You can remove these and prevent Windows from creating them and I will show you how.

First you will want to prevent Windows from creating the files, to do this:

To turn this feature off, do the following:

1) Open My Computer
2) Click on Tools
3) Click on Folder Options
4) Click on the View Tab
5) Place a check in the option "Do not cache thumbnails"
6) Click Ok
7) Close My Computer

Next you will want Windows to remove all of these files it has created, to do this:

1) Click on Start
2) Click on Search
3) Click on All Files and Folders
4) Type the following in the section called "all or part of the file name"
thumbs.db
5) In the Look in box, make sure Local Hard Drives is chosen
6) Click Search
7) A long list of thumbs.db files should appear, click on Edit, Select All
8) Click on File, and choose Delete
9) Close the Search Results window

Doing this can free up some disk space on your system, which I suspect is what you are after.

Let me know if you need any help! I will be here. Please also don't forget to hit "Accept" to my answer so I can get credit.

Thanks!

Expert:	Karl
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Answered:	11/5/2009

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