PC Tips: Disable Thumbnails (Windows XP)

Thumbs.db is the cache file of the current picture which is available in the directory. To remove this, you can use the following steps :

Open any folder then goto Tools menu and select Folder Options

In folder options, select View Tab

in Under Files and Folders, Deselect Do Not Cache Thumbnails


Else


Open Registry Editor using Regedit, then goto

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

In Right side pane, double click on DisableThumbnailCache and change the value to 1

Close Registry Editor and Logoff / Restart your PC.