Is there a way to permanently turn off the Windows Thumbs.db warning?

Is there a way to permanently turn off the Windows Thumbs.db warning?

Whenever I delete pictures on Windows, the last file I'm concerned about is
the Windows Thumbs.db, yet, inexplicably, countless times, Windows always
asks me to confirm the Thumbs.db delete even though it's a file I've never
cared about.

Is there a way to permanently turn off the silly Windows message
Confirm File Delete
The file "Thumbs.db' is a system file.
If you remove it, your computer or one of your programs may no
longer work correctly. Are you sure you want to move it to the
Recycle Bin?
Yes Yes to All No Cancel

philo
Sun May 25 00:05:25 PDT 2008


"Sharon" <Sharongig@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:g1b265$qv0$1@aioe.org...
> Is there a way to permanently turn off the Windows Thumbs.db warning?
>
> Whenever I delete pictures on Windows, the last file I'm concerned about
is
> the Windows Thumbs.db, yet, inexplicably, countless times, Windows always
> asks me to confirm the Thumbs.db delete even though it's a file I've never
> cared about.
>
> Is there a way to permanently turn off the silly Windows message
> Confirm File Delete
> The file "Thumbs.db' is a system file.
> If you remove it, your computer or one of your programs may no
> longer work correctly. Are you sure you want to move it to the
> Recycle Bin?
> Yes Yes to All No Cancel


You can set Windows Explorer to hide protected operating system files


tools
folder options
view


the file will not be seen
so it will not be deleted, but a new .db file will be created when add'l
data are added

Klaus
Sun May 25 00:44:29 PDT 2008

Sharon wrote :
> Is there a way to permanently turn off the Windows Thumbs.db warning?
>

Perhaps better to tell Windoze not to create it?
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-204

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/klaus

Leonard
Sun May 25 01:34:47 PDT 2008

Thumbs is a file just like any other file...you can't accord one file
special treatment.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Sharon wrote:
> Is there a way to permanently turn off the Windows Thumbs.db warning?
>
> Whenever I delete pictures on Windows, the last file I'm concerned about is
> the Windows Thumbs.db, yet, inexplicably, countless times, Windows always
> asks me to confirm the Thumbs.db delete even though it's a file I've never
> cared about.
>
> Is there a way to permanently turn off the silly Windows message
> Confirm File Delete
> The file "Thumbs.db' is a system file.
> If you remove it, your computer or one of your programs may no
> longer work correctly. Are you sure you want to move it to the
> Recycle Bin?
> Yes Yes to All No Cancel

Sharon
Sun May 25 04:26:18 PDT 2008

On Sun, 25 May 2008 04:34:47 -0400, Leonard Grey wrote:

> Thumbs is a file just like any other file...you can't accord one file
> special treatment.

But, maybe we can make it NOT a system file?????

Is there a setting for which filename extensions (e.g., db) are
specifically SYSTEM files?

If we could make *.db not a system file, we wouldn't be getting that
warning (why the heck is Thumbs.db a system file anyway)?

Nom
Sun May 25 17:31:20 PDT 2008

Comment at the bottom.

"Sharon" <Sharongig@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:g1b265$qv0$1@aioe.org...
> Is there a way to permanently turn off the Windows Thumbs.db warning?
>
> Whenever I delete pictures on Windows, the last file I'm concerned about
> is
> the Windows Thumbs.db, yet, inexplicably, countless times, Windows always
> asks me to confirm the Thumbs.db delete even though it's a file I've never
> cared about.
>
> Is there a way to permanently turn off the silly Windows message
> Confirm File Delete
> The file "Thumbs.db' is a system file.
> If you remove it, your computer or one of your programs may no
> longer work correctly. Are you sure you want to move it to the
> Recycle Bin?
> Yes Yes to All No Cancel

I merely Googled "prevent .db files" (without quotes) and found this

=============:

Turns out you can stop Thumbs.db from breeding any more: from the Folder
Options dialog, simply check off "Do not cache thumbnails."

=============

Existing *.db files will remain on the computer (and can be deleted) but no
new ones should be created.

Ken Bland

Matt
Sun May 25 21:50:01 PDT 2008

Sharon wrote:
> On Sun, 25 May 2008 04:34:47 -0400, Leonard Grey wrote:
>
>> Thumbs is a file just like any other file...you can't accord one file
>> special treatment.
>
> But, maybe we can make it NOT a system file?????
>
> Is there a setting for which filename extensions (e.g., db) are
> specifically SYSTEM files?

It's a file *attribute*, stored in the filesystem, and not specific to
any filename or extension. The standard attributes are Read-Only,
System, Hidden, and Archive - right-click any file, and go to
Properties, and you'll see two of them. The others can be seen and
changed using the ATTRIB command.

> If we could make *.db not a system file, we wouldn't be getting that
> warning

From a command line, "ATTRIB -s <filename>" will remove the system
attribute on a file, but you'd have to use some sort of global command
processor to do this system-wide. You can do it in 4DOS/4NT with the
command:
GLOBAL /i attrib -s \thumbs.db

However, any new thumbs.db files created, WILL be created with the
System attribute set.

> (why the heck is Thumbs.db a system file anyway)?

When you view a folder full of pictures in Thumbnails or Filmstrip view,
you'll notice the thumbnails appear one by one... this is Windows
creating the Thumbs.db file, containing all the thumbnail data for that
folder. If you never use Thumbnails or Filmstrip view, you won't
generate the Thumbs.db file.