{"id":1652,"date":"2018-09-20T06:12:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T06:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neu.koetzingit.de\/blinkende-desktop-icons-mit-ordnerumleitung\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:32:49","slug":"blinkende-desktop-icons-mit-ordnerumleitung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/en\/blinkende-desktop-icons-mit-ordnerumleitung\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinking desktop icons with folder redirection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcapmiddle\">B<\/span>Linked desktop icons can become very annoying for users over time. This problem primarily occurs when the user's desktop has been redirected to a network share. In a Remote Desktop session or ICA desktop, this is done quite often to keep the profile size small. <strong>Here's how to stop the blinking!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Users often have many shortcuts on their desktop, and if these have been moved via folder redirection, the icons may start to flash. Theoretically, this could be due to a poorly configured or underpowered file server. But it could also be due to something very simple, like thumbnails! Under certain conditions, a hidden <strong>thumbs.db<\/strong> A file has been created in the folder that contains previews of all the icons. Constantly accessing the file can cause the icons to start flashing.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"label label-success\">The solution is simple and involves two steps:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>First, set the Microsoft policy so that no thumbnail files are created (if necessary, set this via the registry!) <br \/>Administrative Templates | Windows Components | File Explorer | <strong>Disable caching of thumbnails in hidden \u201ethumbs.db\u201c files<\/strong> or <code>HKCU\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer DisableThumbsDBOnNetworkFolders REG_DWORD = 0x00000001<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Second, we must <strong>existing thumbs.db files<\/strong> be deleted from the Redirected Desktop folder. This deletion can also be configured via a Group Policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>After that, the nightmare should be over!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blinkende Desktop Icons k\u00f6nnen auf Dauer f\u00fcr den Benutzer sehr nervig sein. Diese Problem tritt prim\u00e4r dann auf, wenn der [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1755,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[237,52,174,236,240,31,241,196,239,238,159],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-de","tag-blinken","tag-desktop","tag-gpo","tag-icons","tag-nervig","tag-registry","tag-richtlinie","tag-server","tag-thumbs-db","tag-umleitung","tag-windows"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/news-man-typing-whilst.jpg",360,360,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/news-man-typing-whilst-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/news-man-typing-whilst-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/news-man-typing-whilst.jpg",360,360,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/news-man-typing-whilst.jpg",360,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/news-man-typing-whilst.jpg",360,360,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/news-man-typing-whilst.jpg",360,360,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/news-man-typing-whilst.jpg",12,12,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Thomas K\u00f6tzing","author_link":"https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/en\/author\/thomas-koetzing\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Blinkende Desktop Icons k\u00f6nnen auf Dauer f\u00fcr den Benutzer sehr nervig sein. 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