If you’re still using Windows XP, you may have noticed that folders of digital images usually contain a file called Thumbs.db. You’ve probably wondered what it is and whether you can safely delete it.

Windows Thumbnail cache or Thumbs.db files are hidden data files in the Windows operating system, which contain small images, displayed when you view a folder in “thumbnail” view, as opposed to tile, ...

Evan asked me about thumbs.db files. “Every time I find one on the network, they become an issue to delete as they read as system files.” Windows will occasionally create a thumbs.db file for a given ...