[mistymtnhop]

whenever I download anything, I get the download (whereever I send it to, usually 'my documents' temporarliy) and I always get these 'thumbs' or 'DSC emblems'.....this has been happening for a long time, never tried to do anything about it till now. Any suggestion to stop it from happening? Thanks

[AdminPower]

the thumbs file that you're getting is made by windows, when you're viewing files in thumbnail mode it creates a file with basically an index of all of the pictures that are going to be displayed.

[tman]

Open My Computer (or computer name)-menu bar>tools>folder options>view>Files and Folders>check Do not cache thumbnails. This will stop IT from happening and save drive space.Also search for Thumbs.db and delete all files with this name

[mistymtnhop]

thanks for the responses and help.....and what makes it twice as good, I finally got emailed with the notification to the responses.

[mistymtnhop]

I am still getting those pesky thumbs and 'dat' files....one I see is called a database file the other was 'configuration settings' both look like the thumb icons, and of course the thumbs....I did check off the right entry in view folders and I did a search for the 'thumbs db' which didn't bring up anything. Any other suggestions for getting rid of them? If it's from viewing everything or some things in thumbnails, how would I change that? Thanks for the help.

[tman]

Open My Computer (or computer name)-menu bar>tools>folder options>view>Files and Folders>check Do not show hidden files and folders. search for Thumbs.db (Thumbs DOT db) to find and get rid of any existing thumbnail database files