How Do I Disable Thumbs Db in Windows 10?
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How do I stop thumbs db from being created Windows 10?

You can prevent this from happening by disabling the thumbnail cache in Folder Options or via a registry hack. In Explorer, go to Tools, then Folder Options and click on the View tab. Check the box “Do not cache thumbnails” and click OK. Now Windows will not automatically create a THUMBS.

How do I disable thumbs db?

Navigate through the tree to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > then either Windows Explorer (Windows Vista/7) or File Explorer (Windows 8). In the right-hand pane, double-click “Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs. db files”.

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