Windows 7 - API for Thumbs.db

Asked By Syed Zeeshan Haider

18-Oct-07 11:57 PM

Hello Everybody,
I have WinXP SP2.
Every folder with images in it in WinXP seems to create a hidden file
Thumbs.db which, as it is obvious from the name, stores information about
the thumbnails of the images. Is there any API call in WinXP which could
quickly determine if the folder contains a Thumbs.db file? I do not want to
go through every file to check if its name is Thumbs.db. By the way, I am
still using good old VB6 for my programming pleasure.
Thank you,
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Syed Zeeshan Haider

19-Oct-07 12:17 AM

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You could do a search for thumbs.db...
delete them all and prevent their future
creation by going into folder options
and checking the box:

Here's an article about them:

What is thumbs.db
http://tinyurl.com/b5qam

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

19-Oct-07 01:31 AM

Syed,

Never click on  'any' Tiny URLS. You never know what could be hiding behind them so never
trust anyone who uses them especially in these newsgroups

A good VB6 forum is http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/vb/

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Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)

19-Oct-07 06:28 AM

Pfft!  Some experienced posters sometimes use them here instead of
posting URL's with 500 characters!  I use them at times and I also click
them if I am interested in reading the proposed information.  If you use
a secure browser you shouldn't have problems with tinyurl's, I have
never had problems using them.  If the links are posted by trustworthy
posters you certainly shouldn't be jumping to the conclusion that they
are malicious.  You could just as easily click on a link in a Google
search and end up on a bad web site where the authors fake search
information and deliberately try to "reel-in" unsuspecting users, should
we never use Google because of that potential risk?  If you are that
paranoid get rid of your computer and don't get out of bed in the morning!

Of all the people who get spyware and pests on their computers how many
of them got it because they used a TinyUrl?  And how many got it by
simply visiting a web site?  Almost none!  They get these pests because
they click on every pop up that they see and because they are gullible
and they think that pop ups telling them that their registries need to
be cleaned or that they are infected and need to download the crap
offered in the pop up.

As for the previous one it leads here:
http://www.classweb.hs.iastate.edu/tips/thumbs/default.htm

I would not have converted a short URL like that to a Tiny one but to
each his own.  I know that others hold the same view as you do, some are
very experienced users, some are MVP's and they also refuse to click on
Tinyurl's, as much as I respect those users and as knowledgeable as I
think that they are I still think that they are overly paranoid.

John

19-Oct-07 06:26 PM

John,

When I get in of an evening from work I do abuse reporting for a few sites. Some of the
people there I bad advertise Tiny URL's spoofing sites like http://www.webcams.com etc

Why is it so difficult to paste the normal url? Maybe you are trying to get hits via a
site you created rather than giving it to the site you stole the info from... Not saying
you have but you could be by hiding the url

Always best to paste the full url & I suggest to anyone NEVER click a Tiny URL or any of
the others that shorten them

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)

never

19-Oct-07 08:54 PM

Are you saying that I am plagiarizing off legitimate sites?  I have
never stolen or plagiarized and I always supply links to the material
that I quote or I cite the source, I do not lift work created by others
to simply paste them to my replies and make it appear as my own.  Anyone
reading my posts knows all to well that my ESL English grammar is too
obvious to be plagiarized ;-)

A TinyUrl takes you the site that the url was created for, not
a redirected site.  I think that your fears are unfounded and that  you
are overly paranoid.  As for extremely long URL they sometimes break and
not all mail readers handle them properly, for these long url's I have
no problems using TinyUrls and I won't stop using them, if you don't
want to click on them that is fine by me.

I think posting this:  http://tinyurl.com/cpsx8 make more sense than
posting this:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2005-26%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26rls%3DGGLG%252CGGLG%253A2005-26%252CGGLG%253Aen%26q%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252Fsearch%253Fhl%253Den%2526lr%253D%2526c2coff%253D1%2526rls%253DGGLG%25252CGGLG%25253A2005-26%25252CGGLG%25253Aen%2526q%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.google.com%25252Fsearch%25253Fsourceid%25253Dnavclient%252526ie%25253DUTF-8%252526rls%25253DGGLG%25252CGGLG%25253A2005-26%25252CGGLG%25253Aen%252526q%25253Dhttp%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww%2525252Egoogle%2525252Ecom%2525252Fsearch%2525253Fsourceid%2525253Dnavclient%25252526ie%2525253DUTF%2525252D8%25252526rls%2525253DGGLG%2525252CGGLG%2525253A2005%2525252D26%2525252CGGLG%2525253Aen%25252526q%2525253Dhttp%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fuk2%252525252Emultimap%252525252Ecom%252525252Fmap%252525252Fbrowse%252525252Ecgi%252525253Fclient%252525253Dpublic%2525252526GridE%252525253D%252
525252D0%252525252E12640%2525252526GridN%252525253D51%252525252E50860%2525252526lon%252525253D%252525252D0%252525252E12640%2525252526lat%252525253D51%252525252E50860%2525252526search%252525255Fresult%252525253DLondon%25252525252CGreater%252525252520London%2525252526db%252525253Dfreegaz%2525252526cidr%252525255Fclient%252525253Dnone%2525252526lang%252525253D%2525252526place%252525253DLondon%252525252CGreater%252525252BLondon%2525252526pc%252525253D%2525252526advanced%252525253D%2525252526client%252525253Dpublic%2525252526addr2%252525253D%2525252526quicksearch%252525253DLondon%2525252526addr3%252525253D%2525252526scale%252525253D100000%2525252526addr1%252525253D%2526btnG%253DSearch%26btnG%3DSearch&btnG=Search

As for being afraid of where the link leads or of what might be on the
site, what makes you think that you can decide or determine by looking
at a normal url whether or not the site is bogus or whether or not it is
a malicious site?  Can you tell by looking at these url's whether or not
they lead to malicious or bogus sites?  Would you click on them?  Why
would you?  Or why not?

http://www.compu-docs.com/ieadmininstall.htm
http://www.rwin.ch/xp-live/regedit.htm

I think your advice to *NEVER* click on TinyUrl's is overboard and silly.

John

25-Nov-07 11:34 AM

Thanks for the link!