Remove all Thumbs.db Files That Exist on Your Computer
This is a followup to the How to Remove Thumbs.db and .DS_Store article:
To delete all the existing Thumbs.db files on your computer you just:
- Begin by first clicking on the Start Button
- Then click on Search and then Click on the All files and folders option
- In the All or part of the file name: box type in Thumbs.db
- Quickly ensure that the Look in: pull-down menu is set to whatever network drives you want to scrub
- Now Click on the Search button to search for all Thumbs.db files on your system
- In the All or part of the file name box type in Thumbs.db
- After the Search completes, click on the word Edit contained in your top tool bar area
- This will pull down a menu for you to now click on Select All
- Now Press the Delete key on your keyboard to delete all the Thumbs.db files on your system
- Then Close the Search Results window to return back to your Windows session