Slow Windows Explorer
 

I have just installed an app on a friend's Win98 laptop.
Whilst apps seem to run normally on the machine,
the Windows Explorer is incredibly slow, taking up
to a minute to become active again after changing
a desktop icon name, or lining up the icons or similar
minor actions.
Does anyone know the reason for this? And can anything
be done about it ?
There are 54 desktop icons, might that have anything to do
with it ?

Jim Hawkins
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Slow Windows Explorer
 

Have you tried uninstalling the app to see if it fixes it? I dunno about the
Desktop. Might try stuffing a bunch of them into a folder or ten and see if
it helps.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Jim Hawkins" wrote in message
...
I have just installed an app on a friend's Win98 laptop.
Whilst apps seem to run normally on the machine,
the Windows Explorer is incredibly slow, taking up
to a minute to become active again after changing
a desktop icon name, or lining up the icons or similar
minor actions.
Does anyone know the reason for this? And can anything
be done about it ?
There are 54 desktop icons, might that have anything to do
with it ?

Jim Hawkins
.

Slow Windows Explorer
 

Thanks Gary.
It was like it before I installed the app.
I tried defragging (it sure needed it - it took over 2 hours)
even though the HD is only half full..
That helped a bit, but WE still freezes immediately after
completing a task, and it takes up to a minute before HD
activity ceases and WE unfreezes and becomes responsive again.
I'll tell the owner your suggestion about the desktop, but I don't
want to mess with it myslf.

Jim Hawkins

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
Have you tried uninstalling the app to see if it fixes it? I dunno about
the Desktop. Might try stuffing a bunch of them into a folder or ten and
see if it helps.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Jim Hawkins" wrote in message
...
I have just installed an app on a friend's Win98 laptop.
Whilst apps seem to run normally on the machine,
the Windows Explorer is incredibly slow, taking up
to a minute to become active again after changing
a desktop icon name, or lining up the icons or similar
minor actions.
Does anyone know the reason for this? And can anything
be done about it ?
There are 54 desktop icons, might that have anything to do
with it ?

Jim Hawkins
.

Slow Windows Explorer
 

There are issues with WE doing similar things, but usually I recall it being
due to too many folders in My Documents, for instance. It could be the
number of icons on the Desktop, which is why I suggested storing them in
various sub-folders, just to see if it helps.

Otherwise, post to the Win98 General Discussion group. That's where all us
oldies mostly hang out. Someone there might have your answer.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Jim Hawkins" wrote in message
...
Thanks Gary.
It was like it before I installed the app.
I tried defragging (it sure needed it - it took over 2 hours)
even though the HD is only half full..
That helped a bit, but WE still freezes immediately after
completing a task, and it takes up to a minute before HD
activity ceases and WE unfreezes and becomes responsive again.
I'll tell the owner your suggestion about the desktop, but I don't
want to mess with it myslf.

Jim Hawkins

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
Have you tried uninstalling the app to see if it fixes it? I dunno about
the Desktop. Might try stuffing a bunch of them into a folder or ten and
see if it helps.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Jim Hawkins" wrote in message
...
I have just installed an app on a friend's Win98 laptop.
Whilst apps seem to run normally on the machine,
the Windows Explorer is incredibly slow, taking up
to a minute to become active again after changing
a desktop icon name, or lining up the icons or similar
minor actions.
Does anyone know the reason for this? And can anything
be done about it ?
There are 54 desktop icons, might that have anything to do
with it ?

Jim Hawkins
.