How To Disable Thumbnail Cache file (Thumbs.db) Creation in Windows

In Windows if we invalidate a check-box beside Hide protected operating system files under Folder options, afterwards we may notice a lot of dark Thumbs.db files. You can find them in roughly everywhere, generally in folders that has photos, images, pictures, graphics, movies, videos, etc.
Windows uses theseThumbs.db files to store a cache of a generated thumbnail previews, so that Windows does not need to regenerate a thumbnails, when we entrance media folders in Thumbnail or Filmstrip mode as well as to speed up a arrangement of a thumbnails.
In a little system folders, such as My Pictures, My Videos, etc., Windows selects thumbnail perspective by default as well as creates aThumbs.db file, even if we try to default it to alternative views. Once a Thumbs.db record is generated, a subsequent time we try to entrance that folder, Windows Explorer may automatically shift a default perspective for folders to Thumbnails or Filmstrip perspective mode.
However, if we wish to giveaway up a little space upon your hard-disk, we can invalidate as well as turn off a thumbnail generation feature, as well as prevent as well as stop a Thumbs.db (Thumbnail cache database file) from being created. Just follow a elementary stairs below as well as invalidate a origination of Thumbs.db files.

• First of all, open Folder Options, that we can entrance from both Windows Explorer or a Control Panel.
  
  • To open Folder Options in Windows Explorer, click upon a Tools menu, and, afterwards name Folder Options. In order to open from Control Panel, simply double-click upon a Folder Options icon.
• Now, click upon a View tab, in Folder Options dialog box.
• Enable a Do not cache thumbnails option under Advanced Settings, see screenshot below:

• Click upon a OK button, as well as we have been done! Now, we can save a little hard-disk space.
• If we wish to re-enable a origination of Thumbs.db file, just remove a check-box against “Do not cache thumbnails“.