Re: Explorer Directory Cache Corrupted - Fixes?



"Sharon F" wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 10:32:01 -0700, Leland Bruns wrote:
> > First, deleting the thumbs.db files, as with the other fixes I've tried, has
> > no
> > effect on the problem. (Ditto, lots of reboots.)
> >
> > One example (since I have too many to list them all): I have 2 directories,
> > C:\...\MyMusic\Artist1\Album1 and C:\...\MyMusic\Artist2\Album2, both of
> > which were customized with folder type "Music Album" and a specific picture
> > from within the folder itself. However, at some point, opening Artist2 in
> > thumbnail mode shows Album2 with the picture from Album1. Correcting
> > the problem here at first appears to work. However, subsequently opening
> > Artist1 in thumbnail mode shows Album1 with the picture from Album2.
> > Correcting Album1 here once again changes the picture for Album2...I
> > can toggle back and forth all day! NOT something, I as a user should be
> > able to damage.
> >
> > Leland
>
> Thanks for the added info Leland. In the case of music folders you have
> Windows and your default media player poking fingers at it. Windows will
> follow your customizations (folder properties> Customize> Change Picture).
> However a media player can be configured to update album info (and album
> photo pics) from the internet.
>
> Try disabling the customizing features in your media player. If you use
> multiple players, you should repeat the steps in each program. Then try
> sorting out the music folder info directly via Windows options only.
>
> Also, album art is controlled by desktop.ini in the album folder and not by
> thumbs.db. Here is a link to an article that explains how to rebuild the
> desktop.ini files for music and picture folders:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555077
>
> Since there is an outside element of players updating album info, you may
> also want to ask in those newsgroups about how to manage albums and how to
> correct wrong info where the player is involved in maintaining info in one
> of these folders. There is an index within Windows Media Player (WMP) but I
> don't know much about it. However, the folks in the mediaplayer newsgroup
> should be able to give you some helpful suggestions. A link for the web
> interface for this newsgroup can be found under Windows Media on this web
> page:
> http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx
>
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>

This is not a media player problem. I only reluctantly use Windows
Media Player 10 and it is NOT set to neither retrieve info automatically
from the internet nor automatically update music files.

Further, the example I quoted previously is only one of many clearly
related problems. Folder thumbnails all over the system (not just
music related) show the wrong pictures and types, and the columns
displayed for a given directory are frequently not what I set the last time
I visited the folder, just minutes ago. I just had a "documents" folder
containing nothing but JPEG images suddenly go to "music album" with
an image from a completely different disk drive. And yes, the problem
is not limited to disk C: but shows up on a 2nd drive D: as well (both
NTFS). Incorrect images, when they show up, appear to be from
either drive, from directories in which I've recently been making
updates.

More unbelievable, links to directories completely off this system
(including both Windows 98 SE and other XP systems) show icons
which are not related to the contents of the off-system directory, but
rather to something on the local system.

While the fixes in KB555077 might be relevant to the "My Whatever"
directories, I don't think they will resolve the myriad of other symptoms
I'm seeing. For fear of making a bad situation worse, until it's my last
resort I think I'll hold off on executing the "rundll32
mydocs.dll,PerUserInit"
command until it's my last resort!

35 years of experience as a software architect (Intel, et al) & consultant
tell me this IS a file system/explorer problem, whether it's a caching failure
or corruption, possibly a registry problem, or maybe even NTFS... I HAVE
scheduled disk checks for both C: and D: on my next reboot, but I'm
skeptical that this will prevent future symptoms, much less correct
what has already been damaged. While I've pretty much given up
thinking I'll find a KB article saying that "this is a bug and here's the fix
for your system!", I'd sure like to find a way to repair my corrupted file
system! Any suggestions, given my latest description of the problem,
will be welcome!

Leland

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