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May 18th 04, 10:01 AM
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Slow in Windows Explorer
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MS-OFFICE XP I have noticed my pc is slow to respond in Windows Explorer when I change from one folder to another. For example, when I click navigate from one to another it can take about seven seconds for the contents of the folder to display (egg timer is shown until then). I have defragmented, but it still happens. Any advice much appreciated. TIA Steve 
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May 19th 04, 04:48 AM
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How many folders and sub-folders are there in your "My Documents" folder?
Try moving all the files and folders out of the "My Documents" folder, into another folder on the C: drive with a different name, which you can create. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Stephen Simons" wrote in message ... Win98SE MS-OFFICE XP I have noticed my pc is slow to respond in Windows Explorer when I change from one folder to another. For example, when I click navigate from one to another it can take about seven seconds for the contents of the folder to display (egg timer is shown until then). I have defragmented, but it still happens. Any advice much appreciated. TIA Steve
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May 20th 04, 06:54 PM
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Hi glee
that's helped. thanks for the advice. I have hundreds of fldes - maybe some tidying/housekeeping is in order. Why does this happen? Steve On Tue, 18 May 2004 23:48:15 -0400, "glee" wrote: How many folders and sub-folders are there in your "My Documents" folder? Try moving all the files and folders out of the "My Documents" folder, into another folder on the C: drive with a different name, which you can create.
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May 21st 04, 06:30 AM
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My Documents is a "special folder" in Windows, and it has this little bug......
-- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Stephen Simons" wrote in message ... Hi glee that's helped. thanks for the advice. I have hundreds of fldes - maybe some tidying/housekeeping is in order. Why does this happen? Steve On Tue, 18 May 2004 23:48:15 -0400, "glee" wrote: How many folders and sub-folders are there in your "My Documents" folder? Try moving all the files and folders out of the "My Documents" folder, into another folder on the C: drive with a different name, which you can create.
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May 22nd 04, 01:24 PM
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Thank you so much for your wisdom!!! I have been fighting
this for years, and only now have I found a soution that actually works!! I have a new folder in C: called My Docs. I pointed all the shortcuts, etc. to this new folder and am using it without any of the previous slowness. Thanks again, you have saved my fingers from being bitten off from the tips down!! -Rich -----Original Message----- My Documents is a "special folder" in Windows, and it has this little bug...... -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Stephen Simons" wrote in message .. . Hi glee that's helped. thanks for the advice. I have hundreds of fldes - maybe some tidying/housekeeping is in order. Why does this happen? Steve On Tue, 18 May 2004 23:48:15 -0400, "glee" wrote: How many folders and sub-folders are there in your "My Documents" folder? Try moving all the files and folders out of the "My Documents" folder, into another folder on the C: drive with a different name, which you can create. .
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May 22nd 04, 10:29 PM
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Glad it helped you.
I was using a folder of my own making, similar to your C:\My Docs, since before Windows had a My Documents special folder, so when it was introduced, I continued to use my own folder, re-creating it on each machine I used. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Rich Wertz" wrote in message ... Thank you so much for your wisdom!!! I have been fighting this for years, and only now have I found a soution that actually works!! I have a new folder in C: called My Docs. I pointed all the shortcuts, etc. to this new folder and am using it without any of the previous slowness. Thanks again, you have saved my fingers from being bitten off from the tips down!! -Rich -----Original Message----- My Documents is a "special folder" in Windows, and it has this little bug...... -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Stephen Simons" wrote in message .. . Hi glee that's helped. thanks for the advice. I have hundreds of fldes - maybe some tidying/housekeeping is in order. Why does this happen? Steve On Tue, 18 May 2004 23:48:15 -0400, "glee" wrote: How many folders and sub-folders are there in your "My Documents" folder? Try moving all the files and folders out of the "My Documents" folder, into another folder on the C: drive with a different name, which you can create. .
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