ehthumbs_vista.db

This recently appeared on my desktop.

What is it?

It is the "storage" site for Media Center thumbnails.

Is it pale or washed out? If so it is normally a hidden file - you have the
folder options view set to show hidden files.

"Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> This recently appeared on my desktop.
>
> What is it?
>

It's not pale or washed out. My folder options are checked to not show
hidden files. Any other thoughts?

"AJR" <ajrjdr@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> It is the "storage" site for Media Center thumbnails.
>
> Is it pale or washed out? If so it is normally a hidden file - you have
> the folder options view set to show hidden files.
>
> "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:g5adnc99Jos4i_DanZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> This recently appeared on my desktop.
>>
>> What is it?
>>
>
>

Bob wrote:
> It's not pale or washed out. My folder options are checked to not show
> hidden files. Any other thoughts?
>


Try typing ' ethumbs_vista.db ' into Google.
I get over 300 hits, you should find enough info there.
..

bomb#20 wrote:
> Bob wrote:
>> It's not pale or washed out. My folder options are checked to not
>> show hidden files. Any other thoughts?
>>
>
>
> Try typing ' ethumbs_vista.db ' into Google.
> I get over 300 hits, you should find enough info there.

Oops! Obviously that should be ' ehthumbs_vista.db '
..

I Googled it before I posted. Nothing tells me why it mysteriously appeared
on my desktop.

"bomb#20" <darkstar@home> wrote in message
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> Bob wrote:
>> It's not pale or washed out. My folder options are checked to not show
>> hidden files. Any other thoughts?
>>
>
>
> Try typing ' ethumbs_vista.db ' into Google.
> I get over 300 hits, you should find enough info there.
> .
>
>

Bob wrote:
> I Googled it before I posted. Nothing tells me why it mysteriously
> appeared on my desktop.
>

Well, just browsing a few of the Google results I see that it's
mentioned a lot on Torrent-type sites. Like this one for example:

http://www.mininova.org/det/846130

Have you downloaded anything
like that to your desktop?
..

Thank you for the well informed and well explained answer.

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>
> As mentioned in previous posts, "ehthumbs_vista.db" is the storage point
> for Media Center thumbnails.
>
> It should normally be a hidden file, and is usually located in the same
> folder as the media being played. Chances are you had a media file of
> sorts on your desktop, and played that file with Media Center.
>
> It is safe to delete the file, because it has no functional bearings or
> attachments to Media center other than providing a central location for
> thumbnail storage.
>
>
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