Tuning Thumbs.db in WinXP to speed up image preview speed

Thumbs.db is a file under Windows XP, not a virus, but a thumbnail database file, which generally exists in a folder with image files, and its volume increases with the number of image files in the folder. And increase. Thumbs.db can provide a cache function for the resource manager. This file can directly preview the content of the corresponding image without opening the file itself, thus speeding up the preview of the image without any harm to the system.

If you don't want a Thumbs.db file in every folder that has images, you can open a window in any open window (such as double-clicking "My Computer" on the desktop). (As shown in Figure 1), click "Tools" → "Folder Options" on the menu bar to open the "Folder Options" window, click the "View" tab (Figure 2), click "Do not cache thumbnails" In the previous box, put "√" in the box before "Do not cache thumbnails", and then click the "OK" button.


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After this setting, "Thumbs." will not be automatically generated in all new folders in the future. The db" file, but the many "Thumbs.db" files that have been generated will still exist, and must be deleted manually. In fact, we can use the "search" tool to delete all "Thumbs.db" at once.

1. In the "View" tab of the "Folder Options" window in Figure 2, drag the scroll bar on the right (Figure 3) and remove the "Hide Protected Operating System". In front of the file, select "Show all files and folders" (that is, click on the circle in front of it, the dot will point to the circle in front of it, in fact, if you do not set "Show all files and files" "Clip" and remove the "Hide the protected operating system file" in front of the tick, "Thumbs.db" this file you can not see), and finally click "OK" to exit.


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2. Right click on "My Computer" on the desktop, left click on "Search", open the search results window (Figure 4), click After "all files and folder items" (Figure 5), enter Thumbs.db under "All or part of the file name:" (Note: letters can be case-insensitive, but not wrong, the middle "point" can not be lost ); "Look here" select local hard drive (C:; D:; E:; ...), that is, select all hard drives; click "More advanced options" after "half a strong title "" button, the "search system folder", "search hidden files and folders", "search subfolders" three items (Figure 6); finally click the "search" button.

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3. After the search is completed, click "Edit" → "Select All" in the menu bar of the "Search Results" window (that is, select all the "Thumbs.db" files found, or on the right side of the window. Hold down the left button to drag or use the keyboard: first press and hold a Ctrl key, then press the letter A key, and finally release the Ctrl key) (Figure 7), then click "File" → "" in the menu bar Delete" (You can also point the mouse pointer at any "Thumbs.db" file, right click, left click "Delete").


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4. Open the "Folder Options" window again (that is, Figure 2 screen), click the "Restore to Default" button, the purpose of this is Hook the "Hide Protected Operating System Files" check box removed from the previous operation, and restore the point before selecting "Show all files and folders" to "Do not show hidden files and folders" because this It is the default state of the system, so that we can delete the displayed system files or other important files in the future.