strange files apearing

the watchman

Hello,
Hope I am in right place. I've just noticed these strange files appearing all over the place in different folders. See Attachment.
I recently made changes to enable me to see hidden folders. This was done under instruction from a spyware company person, maybe this has caused the problem. I am waiting for their comments but in the meantime any thoughts would be most welcome.

Thanks for reading.

Adyx

Those are all perfectly fine. The thumbs.db file is a cache for thumbnails of pictures in a folder. The ehthumbs.db is the same except for video files. They speed up previews of the files. Desktop.ini is a settings file for the folder. Such as if the folder is given a custom icon etc.

homer911

Its fine to delete them and fine to leave them there - they are maintained by Windows

the watchman

I certainly don't like them ,there are more appearing every day. In the 4 years I've had computer they were never there before. If I manually delete them will they keep popping back up. And is it due to those hidden folder settings I changed which I mentioned in first post.

partyatmygaff

the watchman wrote: »

I certainly don't like them ,there are more appearing every day. In the 4 years I've had computer they were never there before. If I manually delete them will they keep popping back up. And is it due to those hidden folder settings I changed which I mentioned in first post.

Yes it is. Just change it back to hide hidden files and folders and they'll be hidden once more.

the watchman

Thank you all. Everythings back to normal. Appreciated.

Augmerson