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How to Repair Damaged or Corrupted Thumbs.db Files

Delete thumbs.db to repair errors related to this file

By Tim Fisher Tim Fisher Senior Vice President & Group General Manager, Tech & Sustainability Emporia State University Tim Fisher has more than 30 years' of professional technology experience. He's been writing about tech for more than two decades and serves as the VP and General Manager of Lifewire.
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lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on October 12, 2022 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email File Types File Types Apps Windows MS Office Linux Google Drive Backup & Utilities Design Cryptocurrency <h3> What to Know</h3> Open the folder with the damaged thumbs.db file, and delete the file.To recreate the file, select View &gt; Thumbnails from the menu in the folder where the thumbs.db file was deleted.Doing this will initiate the Thumbnails view and will automatically create a new copy of the file. This article explains how to repair a damaged or corrupted thumbs.db file. <h2> How to Repair Damaged or Corrupted Thumbs db Files </h2> Sometimes, one or more of these corrupted files can cause problems in Windows when navigating around folders with multimedia content, or they could be the cause of error messages like this kernel32.dll error: Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module Kernel32.dll Repairing thumbs.db files is a pretty simple task considering Windows will regenerate the DB file when the particular folder it's contained in is viewed in a special way.
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Open the folder with the damaged thumbs.db file, and delete the file.To recreate the file, select View > Thumbnails from the menu in the folder where the thumbs.db file was deleted.Doing this will initiate the Thumbnails view and will automatically create a new copy of the file. This article explains how to repair a damaged or corrupted thumbs.db file.

How to Repair Damaged or Corrupted Thumbs db Files

Sometimes, one or more of these corrupted files can cause problems in Windows when navigating around folders with multimedia content, or they could be the cause of error messages like this kernel32.dll error: Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module Kernel32.dll Repairing thumbs.db files is a pretty simple task considering Windows will regenerate the DB file when the particular folder it's contained in is viewed in a special way.
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Open the folder that you suspect the damaged or corrupted thumbs.db file to be contained in. Locate the file, right-click it, and choose Delete.
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Open the folder that you suspect the damaged or corrupted thumbs.db file to be contained in. Locate the file, right-click it, and choose Delete.
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If you can&#39;t delete the file, you may need to change the folder view. To do this, select View and then choose either Tiles, Icons, List, or Details. Depending on the version of the Windows you&#39;re using, some of these options may vary slightly.
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If you can't delete the file, you may need to change the folder view. To do this, select View and then choose either Tiles, Icons, List, or Details. Depending on the version of the Windows you're using, some of these options may vary slightly.
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If you can't see the file, your computer may be configured to not show hidden files. If that's the case, change the folder options to allow the display of hidden files and protected operating system files. See&nbsp;How to Show or Hide Hidden Files and Folders for instructions.
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If you can't see the file, your computer may be configured to not show hidden files. If that's the case, change the folder options to allow the display of hidden files and protected operating system files. See How to Show or Hide Hidden Files and Folders for instructions.
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To recreate the file, select View and then Thumbnails from the menu in the folder from which you deleted the thumbs.db file. Doing this will initiate the Thumbnails view and will automatically create a new copy of the file.
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To recreate the file, select View and then Thumbnails from the menu in the folder from which you deleted the thumbs.db file. Doing this will initiate the Thumbnails view and will automatically create a new copy of the file.
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<h2> Tips </h2> Not all versions of Windows use the thumbs.db file. The thumbnail database thumbcache_xxxx.db might instead be centrally located in this folder: %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know!
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Not all versions of Windows use the thumbs.db file. The thumbnail database thumbcache_xxxx.db might instead be centrally located in this folder: %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know!
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