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My Pictures Folder Crashing Appz

ZonkytonkmanZonkytonkman Registered User regular
edited November 2006 in Help / Advice Forum
So whenever I open the "my pictures" folder, in ANY program, to open or save a file, it crashes whatever app i'm using to open it. I can't save stuff in paint, cause it defaults to that directory, i can't access half of my pictures either. Any help would be appreciated

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    cheXziecheXzie Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Are you using thumbnail view as default view?

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    racyrefinedrajracyrefinedraj Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    could be a lot of things, but my best guess is that the thumbs.db file in that directory is corrupt. Try booting into safe mode (or Knoppix ) and deleting the file.

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    ZonkytonkmanZonkytonkman Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    thumbs.db? where would i find that?

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    EggyToastEggyToast Jersey CityRegistered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Zonkytonkman wrote:
    thumbs.db? where would i find that?

    It's a hidden file that's placed in each folder that contains pictures. need to turn on "view hidden files and folders" in explorer.

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    racyrefinedrajracyrefinedraj Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    EggyToast wrote:
    Zonkytonkman wrote:
    thumbs.db? where would i find that?

    It's a hidden file that's placed in each folder that contains pictures. need to turn on "view hidden files and folders" in explorer.

    Yeah, that would have been a good thing for me to mention.

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    ZonkytonkmanZonkytonkman Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    awesomesauce. i'll boot safe tomorrow morn and see what's what. Thanks guys.

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    Gotcha ForceGotcha Force Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    pretty sure you could just delete it through command prompt....

    delete C:\mydocuments blahblah\my pictures\thumbs.db

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