Windows 10: Unloadable icons and thumbs. Out of .db space? Green ribbon constantly running.

I'm a videographer who needs lots of vid thumbnails which are increasingly difficult or impossible to load in Windows 10 Explorer folders. All indications seem to lead to a hard cap of 65535kb of .db space in local/appdata/microsoft/windows/explorer. I have set my icon cache to this limit, but I'm pushing more than that with more folders trying to load custom icons and video thumbs. I've read that Windows is trying to figure out which thumbs to dump as the green progress ribbon drags on far too long, even on folders with minimal content. Not so long ago, Windows saved a hidden thumbs .db file

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File Explorer Green Ribbon of Death


When I first upgraded to W10, File Explorer worked as it did in W7. Now when I open it I see a blank preview section and the forever expanding green ribbon in the ribbon bar. I tried checking Always show Icons, never thumbnails and the green ribbon finally finishes. But not being able to see picture thumbnails is a pain. I turned thumbnails on for the Pictures folder only and the never ending green ribbon is back. Possibly a related problem: with thumbnails off (or on) if I left click on a video file in the Videos volder, file explorer hangs and I have to end it with Task Manager.

I have heard that by ending the dllhost.exe process/service, the green ribbon goes away, but so does W10 security and stability.

Suggestions on how to fix are appreciated.

Without a properworking File Explorer, W10 is not really a suitable OS.

 

Changing Explorer Ribbon icons


You might have some luck with 'Customiser God'
CustomizerGod

Note it lists explorer ribbon icons.


However note you will lose these on each major upgrade build or if you do an in-place upgrade repair install, and possibly if you run sfc /scannow, so be prepared.

 

running short on space

• how do I get my computer to give me more space I have a 16 gig thumb drive in my usb why wont it just use the space on the thumb drive