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Subject: Re: Question Please see inside
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:13:06 +0100
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:40:59 +0000, walter hynebottom
<walter@homebody.not.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:45:20 -0500, holita <holita@dog.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:51:01 +0000, goneblonde<fakeid@nogreyandwispy.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Can't remember how to get rid of db files can someone refresh my memory.
>>>>>Thanks for looking
>>>
>>>go to start, search, files & folders, all files & folders.
>>>
>>>enter .db in the first box, which asks for the name of the file
>>>
>>>under "look in", use right arrow, click on "browse" to go to the
>>>folder where your designs are.
>>>
>>>click on "search". when search is done, from edit, "select all" &
>>>delete them
>>>
>>The Thumbs.db file is a hidden system file and because of that you will not see
>>it in your windows explorer unless you have turned Show hidden files and folders
>>on.
>>This simple 2 line command file finds them all on the drive or the folder and
>>subfolders where it is executed and delets them. \
>>
>>ATTRIB *.db -s -h -r /s
>>DEL *.db /s
>>
>ES you are in the wrong group?
>alt.geek is where it is at you for you.
>
>FAQ posting has this information made easy, there
>are pictures to show also this information.
>"miniFAQ" said "Posters are encouraged to sort folders - before
>building a post - in an effort to minimise the inclusion
>of <thumbs.db>, *.pof,*.krz,*.rgb, *.edr,*.mht , *.html and Internet
>Shortcut files."
>In a short while I have downloaded many system files here
>from posters who cannot see them in their file list.
>Information in these files is very interesting!
>
>"readme.pdf" from the ABCP FAQ posts said "Thumbs.db will prove to be
>the most annoyance for the most people. To delete these continually
>does become tiresome so it is best not to generate them in the first
>exactly as shown."
>
>The picture shows you what to do.
>ABCP FAQ has many answers made easy.
>
>The internet has oodles of information on viewing and deleting
>thumbs.db files.
>www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/98
Wrong group? yesterday Goneblond asked how to get rid of the .db files.
See Message-ID: <1024o49vsscb91l8tq206rd3ase4qpu6g8@4ax.com>
Well in Win XP they generally are Thumbs.db files who are system- and hidden
files and normally you do not see them in your Windows Explorer.
But if you set Windows Explorer to see hidden and systemfiles you will see them
and you are able to delete them. By 2 liner will delete *.db files by first
taking off the attributes and then delete them.
I do not have any folder set to view in Tiles or Thumbnail but in List mode so i
do not get any Thumbs.db files.
I also am aware there is a lot to read about this topic and still i like to
bring to your attention the line that is in the website you recommanded namely
this: "Be forewarned though, if you browse a folder that contains a large
quantity of image files (or extremely large image files), it will take a long
time for that folder to load even if you have previously browsed it because the
thumbnail images will not have been cached in Thumbs.db"
So maybe it is better to copy a folder you want to pack with Rar or Zip to a
Temp folder and there run the 2 liner to get rid of the .db files and then pack
those folders.
It even is possible to get rid of all the other files you mention at once by
adding them in the command line file.
But keep in mind that in some cases a color chart is provided as a MHT file so i
would be carefull by just deleting them.
I love counted cross stitch and once in a while i get a new cd with counted
cross stich patterns but every folder has a Thumbs.db file so when i unpacked
the cd i just run my commandline file and all Thumbs.db files are gone.
For your information i want to tell you that i still am using a Dos based
program that also creates database files with the extention .db so i only let
the program look for and change the attributes and delete the Thumbs.db files
and not just the *.db files wich would mean a disaster if i do that on my C:
drive. the /s option makes the file work in any subfolder from the folder you
execute the file from so if you execute the file from C: it will delete all the
*.db files in ALL the folders on your ENTIRE drive.
I love those good old DOS commands and because Windows is still a shell around a
DOS environment you still can use those good old DOS commands.
Thanks for your input, i hope people will read this all and use it when they
pack a folder and post files in here.
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