Any difference 2008 / 2008R2 deal with thumbs.db in shared folder

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  Hi Cenny,

  Thumbs.db is created when using thumbnail preview. If is normal and not necessary to delete it.

  For more information about Thumbs.db, you may refer to the following link.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_thumbnail_cache

  Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

  For now, I haven't find the statement that this only happens to  server 2008 R2 or specific OS version.

  And i have also seen other scenarios, that the problem happens to server 2008. Not sure the two version is different.

  So I'm afraid we couldn't tell the difference between 2008 and 2008R2.

  But there's the workaround for such issue you could take a look.

  Please try Disable the generation of thumbs.db files by the Local Group Policy Editor and such problems will be resolved.

  Here are several scenarios discussed before, you could also take a look.

  https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/5108db59-a440-483c-bd2e-842c8c75b4b5/cant-rename-or-delete-folders-because-thumbsdb-is-accessed-locked?forum=w7itprogeneral

  https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/b44e1129-17ec-479b-af89-7b407a53e085/cant-delete-folders-because-thumbsdb-is-in-use?forum=w7itprogeneral

  https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/c0817162-3fcd-4823-bdf8-70b2936cd51b/thumbsdb-being-accessed-by-windows-explorer-folder-cannot-be-deleted?forum=w7itproui

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  Mary

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  • Proposed as answer by Mary DongMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Friday, July 13, 2018 6:40 AM

  Wednesday, July 11, 2018 6:57 AM

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  Hi,

  Just checking in to see if the information provided was helpful. Please let us know if you would like further assistance.

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  Mary

  
  

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  Dear Mary,

  Thanks for your suggestion.

  I already try Local Group Policy Editor on some desktop without encountered issue again.
  But I wonder if some configuration/patch from server side can be made to control with that?

  Thanks

  Tuesday, July 17, 2018 8:39 AM

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  Hi Cenny,

  Thanks for your feedback.

  For now I haven't find the updates about this. There's not really a good way to control this "server side" excepted the group policy mentioned before.

  According to the thread discussed before. Maybe you could also try FSRM.

  Disable creation of thumbs.db file

  https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/bdc1956d-e764-4a21-b0f6-b145751a9c14/disable-creation-of-thumbsdb-file?forum=winservergen

  • Open the File Server Resource Manager administrative tool.
  • Define a new File Group that includes "Thumbs.db"
  • Define a new custom File Screen to use active screening, and select your custom file group for Thumbs.db files. You may optionally choose to send a warning to the event log each time a file is blocked.
  • Use a Windows client to browse some images on the share, and verify that Thumbs.db is no longer created.

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  Tuesday, July 17, 2018 9:19 AM

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