https://www.thumbcacheparser.com/en/blog Latest from Blog en Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:42:55 GMT https://www.thumbcacheparser.com/en/blog/thumbcache-file-format https://www.thumbcacheparser.com/en/blog/thumbcache-file-format Byte-level layout of Windows thumbcache and iconcache databases from Vista to Windows 11: file header, per-version cache types and the cache entry structure. Florian Amette Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.thumbcacheparser.com/en/blog/thumbcache-forensics https://www.thumbcacheparser.com/en/blog/thumbcache-forensics What thumbcache_*.db files prove in an investigation, how to recover deleted thumbnails, and the caveats to state before a thumbnail goes in a report. Florian Amette Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.thumbcacheparser.com/en/blog/thumbcache-viewer-alternatives https://www.thumbcacheparser.com/en/blog/thumbcache-viewer-alternatives Thumbcache Viewer, Vinetto, forensic suites and browser-based parsing compared: platforms, formats, deleted-entry recovery and file-name mapping. Florian Amette Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.thumbcacheparser.com/en/blog/thumbs-db-forensics https://www.thumbcacheparser.com/en/blog/thumbs-db-forensics How Thumbs.db stores thumbnails, original file names and modified times, why old Type 1 images look corrupt, and where modern Windows still creates Thumbs.db. Florian Amette Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT