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September 23rd 16, 08:55 PM
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Windows Creates A Subdirectory Called "thumbs"
I am using Windows 7, 64-bit.
I have recently noticed that a subdirectory called "thumbs" is created by Windows every time that I use a USB flash drive. That's not a big deal but I'm wondering if this is something that affects only me for some reason... -- tb 
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September 23rd 16, 09:28 PM
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Windows Creates A Subdirectory Called "thumbs"
On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 19:55:33 +0000 (UTC), "tb" wrote:
I am using Windows 7, 64-bit. I have recently noticed that a subdirectory called "thumbs" is created by Windows every time that I use a USB flash drive. That's not a big deal but I'm wondering if this is something that affects only me for some reason... Are you sure it is a subdirectory and not just a file named "thumbs.db"?
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September 23rd 16, 10:06 PM
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Windows Creates A Subdirectory Called "thumbs"
On 9/23/2016 1:28 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 19:55:33 +0000 (UTC), "tb" wrote: I am using Windows 7, 64-bit. I have recently noticed that a subdirectory called "thumbs" is created by Windows every time that I use a USB flash drive. That's not a big deal but I'm wondering if this is something that affects only me for some reason... Are you sure it is a subdirectory and not just a file named "thumbs.db"? Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 I see a folder named ThumbsCache. It is empty. I also see 220 files named Thumbs.db. They range in size from 5 KB to 1.8 MB. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Donald Trump claims he is a successful businessman. If so, how does he explain the number of his enterprises that have gone bankrupt?
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September 23rd 16, 10:15 PM
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Windows Creates A Subdirectory Called "thumbs"
On 9/23/2016 at 3:28:33 PM Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 19:55:33 +0000 (UTC), "tb" wrote: I am using Windows 7, 64-bit. I have recently noticed that a subdirectory called "thumbs" is created by Windows every time that I use a USB flash drive. That's not a big deal but I'm wondering if this is something that affects only me for some reason... Are you sure it is a subdirectory and not just a file named "thumbs.db"? 100% sure. It is a folder not a file... -- tb
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September 24th 16, 02:02 AM
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Windows Creates A Subdirectory Called "thumbs"
On 2016-09-23 17:15, tb wrote:
On 9/23/2016 at 3:28:33 PM Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 19:55:33 +0000 (UTC), "tb" wrote: I am using Windows 7, 64-bit. I have recently noticed that a subdirectory called "thumbs" is created by Windows every time that I use a USB flash drive. That's not a big deal but I'm wondering if this is something that affects only me for some reason... Are you sure it is a subdirectory and not just a file named "thumbs.db"? 100% sure. It is a folder not a file... And you didn't install something /else/ that could be doing this, like ACDSee or some other picture viewer app, or "data manager" apps, like the ones that comes in Nero Ultimate, Nero Media Home and/or Nero Media Browser? Regards, -- ! _\|/_ Sylvain / ! (o o) Member  avid-Suzuki-Fdn/EFF/Red+Cross/SPCA/Planetary-SocietyoO-( )-Oo "With all due respect ... BEGONE! ... Sir." -Worf
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September 24th 16, 07:25 PM
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Windows Creates A Subdirectory Called "thumbs"
On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 21:02:08 -0400, B00ze wrote:
On 2016-09-23 17:15, tb wrote: On 9/23/2016 at 3:28:33 PM Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 19:55:33 +0000 (UTC), "tb" wrote: I am using Windows 7, 64-bit. I have recently noticed that a subdirectory called "thumbs" is created by Windows every time that I use a USB flash drive. That's not a big deal but I'm wondering if this is something that affects only me for some reason... Are you sure it is a subdirectory and not just a file named "thumbs.db"? 100% sure. It is a folder not a file... And you didn't install something /else/ that could be doing this, like ACDSee or some other picture viewer app, or "data manager" apps, like the ones that comes in Nero Ultimate, Nero Media Home and/or Nero Media Browser? I was just about to respond with a similar comment / question. A virgin installation of Windows 7 does not create a "thumbs" subdirectory on any drive, to the best of my knowledge. I suspect he has some 3rd party software installed on the machine which is doing this. He could use the MS process monitor to determine what program might be creating the folder.
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September 24th 16, 09:46 PM
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Windows Creates A Subdirectory Called "thumbs"
On 9/24/2016 1:25 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 21:02:08 -0400, B00ze wrote: On 2016-09-23 17:15, tb wrote: On 9/23/2016 at 3:28:33 PM Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 19:55:33 +0000 (UTC), "tb" wrote: I am using Windows 7, 64-bit. I have recently noticed that a subdirectory called "thumbs" is created by Windows every time that I use a USB flash drive. That's not a big deal but I'm wondering if this is something that affects only me for some reason... Are you sure it is a subdirectory and not just a file named "thumbs.db"? 100% sure. It is a folder not a file... Older versions of Paint Shop Pro do this.
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September 25th 16, 12:23 AM
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Windows Creates A Subdirectory Called "thumbs"
On 24 Sep 2016, NotMe wrote in
alt.windows7.general: Older versions of Paint Shop Pro do this. Not any version that I ever used, which I think was ver 4 through 9.
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September 26th 16, 03:13 PM
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Windows Creates A Subdirectory Called "thumbs"
On 9/23/2016 at 8:02:08 PM B00ze wrote:
And you didn't install something else that could be doing this, like ACDSee or some other picture viewer app, or "data manager" apps, like the ones that comes in Nero Ultimate, Nero Media Home and/or Nero Media Browser? Regards, I didn't install new software but I certainly updated some of that which is already installed. I have the suspicion that my issue has something to do with Windows 10. But I'm not 100% sure. I use the same USB flash drive on both Windows 7 and Windows 10 PCs (two separate PCs, not the same one with a dual-booting setup). I'm not 100% sure but I think that the "thumbs" subdirectory started showing up in the Windows 7 PC after I converted the other one to Windows 10. No big deal. I was just curious to see if somebody else has the same situation and knows what is causing it. -- tb
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September 26th 16, 04:16 PM
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Windows Creates A Subdirectory Called "thumbs"
On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:13:10 +0000 (UTC), "tb"
wrote: On 9/23/2016 at 8:02:08 PM B00ze wrote: And you didn't install something else that could be doing this, like ACDSee or some other picture viewer app, or "data manager" apps, like the ones that comes in Nero Ultimate, Nero Media Home and/or Nero Media Browser? Regards, I didn't install new software but I certainly updated some of that which is already installed. I have the suspicion that my issue has something to do with Windows 10. But I'm not 100% sure. I use the same USB flash drive on both Windows 7 and Windows 10 PCs (two separate PCs, not the same one with a dual-booting setup). I'm not 100% sure but I think that the "thumbs" subdirectory started showing up in the Windows 7 PC after I converted the other one to Windows 10. No big deal. I was just curious to see if somebody else has the same situation and knows what is causing it. I doubt if it's Windows creating it. The only thumbs subdirectory I can find is one buried deep within Quicken.
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