[noisem4ker]

> Where else would you put that stuff?

A "Centralized thumbnail cache" in the user profile folder, where it's been for a long while.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_thumbnail_cache

> so that it alway perfectly mirrors

Who cares? It's a cache.

[kstrauser]

That windows takes an approach does not mean it’s a good idea.

And what about things like folder settings, such as whether to display is as a list or as icons, or how to sort it, etc? That’s more important than a thumbnail cache.