I have a question about Stop Windows from saving the thumbnail cache (THUMBS.DB):

Is it possible that we have a double negative here? I have read and re-read the article and feel the advice is the opposite of what is intended. It depends what is meant by "turned off" but I guess that the "Do not cache thumbnails" option in Explorer should be checked - which to me is "turned on". However for clarity I feel that it might be as well to talk about checked or unchecked rather than on and off. If I have misunderstood something I apologise - Doug

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Checked = disabled....unchecked = enabled...


On Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 1:59 pm, Doug wrote:
>I have a question about Stop
>Windows from saving the thumbnail cache (THUMBS.DB):

>
>Is it possible that we have a double negative here? I have read and re-read the article
>and feel the advice is the opposite of what is intended.
>
>It depends what is meant by "turned off" but I guess that the "Do not cache thumbnails"
>option in Explorer should be checked - which to me is "turned on".
>
>However for clarity I feel that it might be as well to talk about checked or unchecked
>rather than on and off.
>
>If I have misunderstood something I apologise - Doug
>

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In any option that I have ever seen in Windows, the option is in the form of a statement. 
Either opposite the default condition or opposite the existing condition.
If you want that statement to prevail, check it. If you dont want it to prevail uncheck 
it. It isn't a matter of whether the statement is negative or not, just whether it 
controls or not. 






On Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 1:59 pm, Doug wrote:
>I have a question about Stop 
>Windows from saving the thumbnail cache (THUMBS.DB):

>
>Is it possible that we have a double negative here? I have read and re-read the 
article 
>and feel the advice is the opposite of what is intended.
>
>It depends what is meant by "turned off" but I guess that the "Do not cache thumbnails" 
>option in Explorer should be checked - which to me is "turned on".
>
>However for clarity I feel that it might be as well to talk about checked or unchecked 
>rather than on and off.
>
>If I have misunderstood something I apologise - Doug
>

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***replying to triplate's query:

I AGREE THAT THE FIRST POST IS INCORRECTLY WRITTEN. SO, YES, *DO* CHECK THE "DO NOT 
CACHE THUMBNAILS" BOX IF THAT IS YOUR INTENT.








On Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 2:44 pm, wrote:
>Checked = disabled....unchecked = enabled...
>
>

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I myself think the statement was (sorry) a little unclear...

"Step 2 ('Choose the View tab, and turn off the Do not cache thumbnails option.') 
was simply unclear to most English speaking readers...

It would've been much less CONFUSING if it had simply stated: "Choose the View tab, 
and CHECK the 'Do not cache thumbnails' to turn off thumbnail caching...".

: )





On Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 2:16 am, taylor wrote:

>

>***replying to triplate's query:

>

>I AGREE THAT THE FIRST POST IS INCORRECTLY WRITTEN. SO, YES, *DO* CHECK THE "DO 
NOT 

>CACHE THUMBNAILS" BOX IF THAT IS YOUR INTENT.

>
 

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