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I have file called Thumbs.db that I seem unable to open with anything. SQLite Database Browser can't do it, nor can LibreOffice Base. Opening up the file properties tells me it's an 'OLE2 Compound Document Storage' file.

I'm running elementaryOS (an Ubuntu derivative) on a HP Folio 13.

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    `Thumbs.db` is the name used for a [Windows thumbnail cache](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_thumbnail_cache#Thumbs.db) file. – David Baggerman Jul 13 '13 at 09:46

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It's a proprietary Microsoft format. According to this, there's a independent utility called ripOLE that may open them.

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  • Thanks for the answer, I ticked it because it should work and so you get the reputaton points, but I just took an easier route and borrowed a Windows computer from a friend to go through the file. – schtocker Jul 14 '13 at 13:44
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There's also libgsf which probably can list and unpack these files. On Ubuntu, you have to install the package libgsf-bin and you get the utility gsf. Type man gsf for the usage information.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgsf/-/blob/master/tools/gsf.c

Another kind of OLE2 file is the .msg file format. In that case, a better option is the Perl utility msgconvert instead. It's better because it converts the a multipart OLE2 message into a multipart MIME message that Thunderbird can open via GUI.

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