..avi files?
Avi files have a bug in XP. XP thinks that it has to read through every avi
file every time that you open a folder that contains any. You also get the
locked file in use when trying to delete, rename, move, etc. avi files.
See this on the fix.
How to get rid of "Locked AVI" Bug in Windows XP
http://riccardo.raneri.it/blog/eng/index.php/2006/04/28/how-to-get-rid...-locked
The only down side to the above fix is that when you right click an avi file
and select Properties, the Summary page will be blank or grayed out. Which
I decided was a lesser evil than some of the other problems .avi files
cause.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:eMIbBEcoHHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
JohnSmith56542 <JohnSmith56542 RemoveThis @mail.com> hunted and pecked:
> Each time you click on frolder in explorer that has alot of subfolders and
> files WindowsXP is reading all files and folders located there and lags
> significantly, basically window freezes for few seconds.
> I checked using Filemon tool and explorer actually reads every file inside
> sellected folder thats causing problems.
>
> How can i disable this and why suddenly xp started to do it, there was no
> such thing on windows 2000 if i remember correctly?