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The thread discusses issues with Windows 10's scheduled maintenance deleting thumbnail cache files, despite user efforts to prevent it through cleanup tools and settings. The original poster suspects that automatic system maintenance, rather than manual cleanup tools, is causing the problem, especially after experiencing system crashes linked to Samsung Magician’s Rapid Mode. A suggested solution involves using Process Monitor to identify which processes interact with the thumbnail cache, though the user asks for guidance on how to set it up. Overall, the sentiment reflects troubleshooting efforts to stop Windows from deleting thumbnail caches unintentionally.

brkkab

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I just figured out it's Windows 10's scheduled maintenance that's messing my pc up. I don't want my thumbnail cached deleted. I don't have Disk Cleanup, CCleaner or System Machanic setup to touch it.
How the heck do I stop the daily system maintenance from messing with it ?
 

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Disk cleanup always runs silently. You can disable the task in
Task Scheduler > TSL > Microsoft > Windows > DiskCleanup and right click on SilentCleanup and disable it.

Neemobeer

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Disk cleanup always runs silently. You can disable the task in
Task Scheduler > TSL > Microsoft > Windows > DiskCleanup and right click on SilentCleanup and disable it.
 

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brkkab

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Disk Cleanup, though I have all 3 versions set to not touch the thumbnail.cache. I have System Mechanic set to only run it's disk cleanup manually. It only runs the internet cleanup automatically. CCleaner is also set to leave the thumbnail cache alone.
I really thinks it's the Windows Automatic Maintenance not following how I have things set, as I have it changed to run at 11:00P.M. and I restarted my pc around 11:30 and went into Chrome and was downloading a photo and I had to wait for my thumbnails to reappear, as they looked like blank folders.
This is one of the issues I've been having only with 10 Anniversary Edition. Both times after 2 separate clean installs of it. The freezeup's/crashes I was having was found to be Samsung Magician's Rapid Mode.
I turned off Rapid Mode and uninstalled Magician. Those issues disappeared. I reinstalled Magician this morning and am leaving Rapid Mode off in it.
No freezeups or crashes and the thumbnail cache issue appeared while it was off my pc.
 

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You could run procmon and set a filter for Path contains thumbnail cache file name and let that run it should show you which processes are interacting with the cache including deletions.
 

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How do I do it ? I already have Process Monitor.