How to delete Thumb.db hidden files?

[John]

1. Go into Windows Explorer.
2. From the "Tools" menu, click "Folder Options".
3. Click the "View" tab.
4. Put a checkmark in "Do not cache thumbnails."
5. Click "OK".

These steps won't remove the current thumbs.db files from
your system, but they will prevent new ones from
appearing.

Use this command in the parent folder to remove all
Thumbs.db files.

del /s /ah Thumbs.db

John

>-----Original Message-----
>I would like to know how to delete Thumb.db hidden
files. I have many
>picture directories and everyone contains this thumb
nail database. When I
>backup to CD then all these files are there too which
take several Mb of
>space. I have to manually delete each file, which takes
very long time and
>usually the program crushes before I am finished.
>
>Is it possible to make it happen that you can search for
these files (shoe
>hidden does not work) and delete them in bulk?
>
>What about del C:\Thumb.db /s/h in *.bat file (I forgot
the syntax)
>
>I would appreciate your help.
>
>Jan
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