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[Windows] encryptable thumbs database #2191

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@mestremuten mestremuten commented Nov 18, 2016

Reasons for making this change:

New Thumbs.db file: Thumbs.db:encryptable

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@mestremuten interesting - did you find any documentation around this for future reference?

@shiftkey shiftkey changed the title Update Windows.gitignore [Windows] encryptable thumbs database Jan 29, 2017
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Yousha commented Oct 23, 2017

It's same as Thumbs.db but encrypted AND PROTECTED one, which we can't delete, move and even copy it. (Ntfs drives)
It is a "protected" operating system file
created by Windows Explorer to cache images thumbnails when browsing
with explorer.
It also can carry virus/trojan

@shiftkey shiftkey merged commit 5808b77 into github:master May 12, 2019
Ortega-Dan pushed a commit to Ortega-Dan/gitignore that referenced this pull request Jun 26, 2019
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