Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files
- Policy ID
- DisableThumbsDBOnNetworkFolders
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › File Explorer
Description
Turns off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files.
This policy setting allows you to configure File Explorer to cache thumbnails of items residing in network folders in hidden thumbs.db files.
If you enable this policy setting, File Explorer does not create, read from, or write to thumbs.db files.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, File Explorer creates, reads from, and writes to thumbs.db files.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- DisableThumbsDBOnNetworkFoldersREG_DWORD