How to view internal JPEGs from inside Thumbs.db by TC's F3?

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How to view internal JPEGs from inside Thumbs.db by TC's F3?

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I have some Thumbs.db on my HDD, and TC +Total7zip installed.

I can ctrl+pgdn into Thumbs.db to see something like this

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256_9fdf65a41860e0f	16 153	   ?	----
256_12c1660714a43d85	18 862	   ?	----
256_915d83d76aaed3d	13 274	   ?	----
256_22912ef2da3e8a18	11 114	   ?	----
256_b8ced1a5721c6a46	9 386	   ?	----
256_bb7efb105003fac4	13 027	   ?	----
256_c7edcbc6b49a7f05	12 023	   ?	----
256_ddd2e27a3010ea60	11 093	   ?	----
Actually, these files are small JPEGs, but Lister (F3) shows them as plain text.
It's caused by

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........R+......л03чЗ‚цћ
before main JPEG signature of file beginning:
http://savepic.net/9143246.png

Is there any solution to view these JPEGs with no need to delete manually these bytes?
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probably using decThumbsDBViewer or with external app like https://thumbsviewer.github.io/
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Re: How to view internal JPEGs from inside Thumbs.db by TC's

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MaxX wrote:Is there any solution to view these JPEGs with no need to delete manually these bytes?
IrfanView can show such files, but the problem is missing file extension.
You have to add to wincmd.ini in section [Lister] option: "IviewAdditionalTypes=*." (without quotes) to show these files through F3 key.
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