@ Werner:
That code change seems to work right.
Basically the same thing I did with the try, except. but slightly more proper-ish.
For some reason it was crashing on me. Seems to like your ‘phoenix’ check line better.
Works for me without crash now.
BTW I was changing the thumbs dir more than once back and forth to the same dir 2 times. WinXP
Not sure what when wrong, but all better now. Thanks.
@ Robin: Werners code patch works. commit please.