What is the ramifications of removing the thumbs.db files? Will they rebuild
themselves after deletion? Note of interest - I do not use Thumbnail views, 
I
always use Details view?

"Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:

> Find and delete all thumbs.db files in your web
> - come from viewing your site in thumbnail view in Windows Explorer and ar
e usually not publishable
>
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>
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> "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!"  (-;
> To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
>   http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
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> "tjdd1" <tjdd1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7BBF4484-4
E38-48CD-8E97-6B19DC8ACD9C@microsoft.com...
> | Hard drive crashed on workstation. Rebuilt workstation. Running Windows 
XP
> | Professional (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158: Service Pack 2) with 
all
> | available updates installed.
> |
> | Next, installed FrontPage 2003 (11.6356.6360 SP1) and all Office 2003
> | available updates.
> |
> | Afterwards, copied backup of production website folder titled FrontPage
> | Websites to newly created workstation hard drive (C:\FrontpageWebsites).
> |
> | Next, trying to synchronize production website on host server with new
> | workstation FrontPage 2003 installation and the newly restored copy of
> | production website.
> |
> | Continue to get the following error.
> | Server error: The server extensions were unable to access the file
> |  “C:\FrontpageWebsites\AIM_Site\pro
dimages\.Thumbs.db.tmp”
> |
> | Have tried copying prodimages\ from production host server to workstatio
n.
> | Afterwards, try synchronization again and still results with same error.
 Can
> | not find a temp file titled Thumbs.db.tmp on production host server or n
ewly
> | created workstation (Have Windows Explorer set to Show Hidden files and
> | folders).
> |
> | I have read the Posts listed in the following paragraph and performed mo
st
> | of the recommendations but receive the same error afterwards. However, I
 did
> | not try deleting the files  C:\FrontpageWebsites\AIM_Site\_vti_pvt\f
rontp
g.lck
> | or service.lck. Both files show 0 bytes. The file frontpg.lck has a Modi
fied
> | date of 7/10/2004 and the service.lck has a Modified date of 12/21/04. S
hould
> | I try deleting either of these files?
> |
> | POSTS REFERENCED:
> | Frontpg.lck Permissions Problem 9/29/2004
> | The server extensions were unable to access the file 10/06/2004
> | Ghost files terminating a Publish operation 11/10/2004
> | 2002 Extensions – Can’t access my site 10/03/2004
> | Unable to publish 10/31/2004
> | Server extensions to old 1-/-6/2004
> | Error occurred accessing your Windows SharePoint 09/08/2004
>
>
>

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