Settings for thumbnail cache - help needed

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bwj
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Settings for thumbnail cache - help needed

Post by bwj »

I had this useful prog set up on a laptop that is now dead.

My set up saved a thumbnail cache in a folder on the C drive C:\MediaPreview\thumbcache.db


That enabled me to thumbnail lots of files on a large external drive and save a large file size thumbcache.db

With my new laptop (tried and failed several times) I can't recreate the settings that made MediaPreview actually create its own folder and thumbcache.db

Any help would be much appreciated
BabelSoft
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Re: Settings for thumbnail cache - help needed

Post by BabelSoft »

Normally, Media Preview simply writes its cache within its installation folder. It's as simple as that.
If it doesn't create thumbcache.db, there can be only 2 reasons:
- this feature has only been enabled in the last beta, not in the last official version. So ensure that you installed this beta, available somewhere in the forums, not the version available on the main site.
- Media Preview may not be able to write into its own installation folder because of insufficient rights. Ensure that this folder isn't read-only.
bwj
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Re: Settings for thumbnail cache - help needed

Post by bwj »

thanks - maybe I'll try the Beta
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