Archive for the 'Windows XP' Category

Undeletable files and folder on an NTFS drive, eg caused by file system errors, you can usually delete the following light:

• Open command prompt as administrator
• Go to the directory in which the affected files / folders
• rd foldername / s / q

Windows XP users, you still know, Windows 7 users know again - the mysterious Thumbs.db, which often accumulates in the file system. It is a system file, and usually hidden. Each folder contains the images or videos, it is created by the system to include thumbnails of the media.

With Windows 7, they moved involuntarily to the fore again. After all, who works a lot with the media, often times a folder will not remove or change can. The system is still busy with the Thumbs.db .. annoying!

Can they shut down as follows:

Windows XP: Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> Do not cache thumbnails

Windows 7: Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer -> caching of thumbnails

gpedit.msc