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.DS_Store (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 131 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Thumbs.db

[–] frisbeedude@feddit.org 15 points 1 month ago

ehthumbs_vista.db

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-disable-windows-thumbs-db-files-from-being-created this kills that.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks but sadly my Windows peers won't do this because it's a manual step and they're already afraid of Windows knifing their computer with an update without making manual changes on top of that.

[–] GroupNebula563@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I installed an old program the other day that added a Thumbs.db file from 2008 to every folder containing images as it extracted the program files to disk.