Win8 Encyclopedia 26: Prevent the system from automatically clearing thumbnails

The Win8 system has made a lot of changes compared to the previous operating system, including the interface UI, the addition of new features, etc. In the previous articles, we have already covered some of them. In fact, Win8 also uses new network settings, personalization management, system login and system security options. In this article, let's take a look at how Win8 can prevent the system from automatically cleaning up thumbnails, so that thumbnail information can be saved for a longer period of time.
Win8 Encyclopedia 26: Preventing the system from automatically clearing thumbnails

As with previous versions of Windows, Win8 strictly manages user permissions to prevent users from making random changes to the system's default settings. Almost all special files, including user profiles, system32 files, and library folders, are assigned permissions by the system.
File Contents Contained in User Folders

The system allows you to add and access files, modify the properties of extended files, delete folders and subfolders, and clean up junk files from folders. The Explorer folder is such a special file related to user configuration. When the space occupied by the thumbnail information reaches the limit value, the folder will automatically clean it up.

Of course, if the user's hard disk is large enough, the existence of these thumbnail information is believed to be helpful to the user. Sometimes you need help with these thumbnails if you find space is tight. At that time, you can also clean it manually.

■Block system automatically cleans up thumbnails

The following content, we will introduce you how to set the permissions through the Explorer folder to prevent Windows 8 from automatically deleting thumbnails. The effect of the information, so that the information of the thumbnails in our system can be automatically saved, and when the user wants to clean up, manually clean it up.
Select the Explorer folder right-click properties

First, log in to the system as an administrator, we need to use the administrator's permissions to change the system settings.

1Open "My Computer" and fill in the address bar with "C:\\Users\\**(username)\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Windows” (note that Since the path is a hidden folder, you need to check the hidden files, folders and disk drives in the View →Options → view to locate the address)
Explorer's advanced security settings

2 Locate the Explorer folder, right-click to open the Properties window, select “Security”, and then click ““Advanced” in the Security dialog box. Enter the name of the object you want to select. “SYSTEM”

3Click “Add”→“Select Subject”, enter SYSTEM in the text box to get the SYSTEM permission item, click “display advanced permission”, type change to “reject ”, select the advanced permissions as shown in the figure below, click <; OK & rdquo;
set the permissions of the Explorer project
Explorer's advanced security settings

After returning to the previous interface, First click on “app & rdq in the lower right corner Uo; save the settings, then click “Active Access”, and enter the SYSTEM just added in “Select User”, then click “View Active Access" to confirm that the information just added is correct. Note: It must be ensured that in the effective access, ensure that the "Full Control", "Delete Subfolders and Files", "Delete" are valid accesses are “×”.

Note: In case of accident, please restart the computer and log in as the administrator. The thumbnail information will not be automatically cleared by the Win8 system.