Policy

Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files

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.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / File Explorer
Policy ID 7fda236ce64f
Internal name DisableThumbsDBOnNetworkFolders

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\DisableThumbsDBOnNetworkFolders (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\DisableThumbsDBOnNetworkFolders (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

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.

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