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Hiding images
Name: gazzapee Date: January 20, 2007 at 22:42:04 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: Athlon 1800
Comment:
I take great care to encrypt sensitive image files on my computer (NO! not 'those' types of images), bmp's, jpg's mostly, but they are still visible in Windows Explorer thumbnail view. How can I ensure they are not visible at all in file searches?
Name: Derek Date: January 21, 2007 at 16:52:36 Pacific
Reply:
Passworded zip file maybe?
DerekW
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Response Number 2
Name: jboy Date: January 22, 2007 at 16:21:21 Pacific
Reply:
Have you tried disabling thumbnail caching, and deleting the thumbs.db files?
Control Panel > Folder Options - On the View tab, check 'Do not cache thumbnails'
I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter
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Response Number 3
Name: Marshalll Date: January 24, 2007 at 10:18:09 Pacific
Reply:
I use magic folders by PC magic. It does just what you want. It not only hides the files it makes them invisible. I made a specific folder and it makes that and the files in it invisible to just about everything.
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Response Number 4
Name: jboy Date: January 25, 2007 at 16:17:36 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, well, that's nice - but the OP is using something else.
Very likely the reason the thmubnails are still showing on that machine is due to the thumbs.db files, which would have been created prior to encryption
I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter
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