Windows 10: is there any way to force explorer to rebuild thumbnail cache for a single folder?

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Thumbnail Cache

anyone know how to move the thumbnail cache to another HDD?

i already moved my temp folder to another HDD but thumbnail cache takes up space Fast, and i have having to erase the space cuzz i don't wanna ware down my SSD over time

i also just googled where the thumbnail cache is and its in the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer ,But how would you go about moving that 1 Folder and having the system know that's its the new path

 

Windows 10 can't rebuild thumbnail cache and is freezing Explorer

I'm using Windows 10.

I recently installed IrfanView 64-bit, and also cleared my thumbnail cache with CCleaner.

Problem

Now random jpg and png images have thumbnails and many do not, they are stuck with the IrfanView icon. Video, such as mp4, thumbnails are also missing.





Sometimes it shows white icons and my View pane is disabled.









In folders, Explorer shows a green loading bar that never finishes.





Right clicking on an image with a thumbnail will pop up the context menu, but right clicking on images without thumbnails freezes Explorer.

The Settings Menu also constantly freezes when clicking on items.





Fix Attempts

1. Tried uninstalling IrfanView and using the default Windows Photos app, but then no thumbnails will appear, and opening an image only freezes Explorer. Right clicking on any image also freezes Explorer.
   
2. It tried clearing and rebuilding the cache with Disk Cleanup and CMD.
   
   Windows 10 thumbnails all messed up? Here's how to fix it!
   
3. Tried using this icon rebuilder and restarting the computer.
   
   https://www.thewindowsclub.com/icon-cache-rebuilder-for-windows-10
   
4. Ran chkdsk and sfc /scannow, it fixed a corrupted mscormmc.dll but did not solve the problem.
   
5. Restored old CCleaner registry backup.
   
6. Ran a virus scan with Eset which came up clean.
   
7. Checked the health status of my SDD which says no problems.
   

Nothing has fixed the issue.

 

Thumbnail cache keeps rebuilding every time automatic maintenance runs since fall creators update

Every single pc i have used since the fall creators update has a habit of deleting and then forcing rebuilding of the thumbnail cache everytime automatic maintenance runs. Seems a widely spread bug. I dont want to turn automatic maintenance off as we value
clean up operations but this thumbnail issue is frustrating. To go into a folder and wait for the thumbnails to redraw looks lame. I heard going into registry under volume caches and setting the thumbnail cache autoruns DWORD to 0 is a workaround fix to stop
this. But are there any side effects to doing this? I cant believe the lack of QA yet again from microsoft. Surely something like this should of been picked up.

cheers, Wayne