SLOW DIRECTORY

GERRY. I TRIED THE TWEAK AND IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. (However, it seem
like a neat tool - thanks.)
I STARTED TO DIVIDE UP THE DIRECTORY THAT WAS SLOW, I.E., PUTTING ALL IN A
TEMP THEN MOVING EACH DIRECTORY BACK INTO THE EMPTY ONE. WHAT I FOUND WAS A
BAD SHORTCUT. ONE BAD SHORTCUT SLOWED DOWN THE WHOLE THING.
BEFORE THAT I RAN VARIOUS "CLEAN-UP" PROGRAMS, BUT I GUESS THEY DON'T LOOK
FOR BAD SHORTCUTS.

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

>
> Tom
>
> How many files ( including sub-directories ) are there in the slow
> drectory? How long are the file names?
>
> You might try increasing the setting for Folders to remember from the
> default 400.
>
> Download and install Power Toy TweakUi
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>
> In TweakUi select Explorer, Customisations and you will see an easy
> way
> to increase / decrease the default registry setting.
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> "Tom" <Tom.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8B52591D-C19C-4685-AB5D-257612FB816C@microsoft.com...
> >I have noticed recently that from My Documents working down through
> > sub-directories that it takes a much longer time from the mouse
> > click to get
> > to and open a sub-directory. Once in that directory the files and/or
> > other
> > sub-directory come up right away. Specifically from My Documents to
> > the 1st
> > directory is fast, but then to the 2nd directory under the 1st it
> > takes much,
> > much longer, but becomes fast again after getting into the 2nd
> > directory.
> > I have cleaned the C drive and have run defragmenter on it and there
> > is no
> > improvement. I have turned off the virus protection program, still
> > no change.
> > Any ideas on what to look for would be helpful.
> >
>
>

Tom

Which clean up programs so Iwe can mark their card <G>?

The problem with using a clean-up programme is that you either rely on
the automatic detection being reliable or you have a mass of entries
to try to figure out what they means. If you take the first path you
risk a disastrous outcome. If you adopt the second approach you can
get bogged down under a pile of trivia. Many experts argue that
cleaning up using a cleanup utility is a waste of user time and
effort. I sit on the fence and watch,

Please don't post all in caps as it is considered to be shouting and
contrary to established nettiquette.

Thanks for reporting the outcome.


--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Tom wrote:
> GERRY. I TRIED THE TWEAK AND IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. (However,
> it
> seem like a neat tool - thanks.)
> I STARTED TO DIVIDE UP THE DIRECTORY THAT WAS SLOW, I.E., PUTTING
> ALL
> IN A TEMP THEN MOVING EACH DIRECTORY BACK INTO THE EMPTY ONE. WHAT I
> FOUND WAS A BAD SHORTCUT. ONE BAD SHORTCUT SLOWED DOWN THE WHOLE
> THING.
> BEFORE THAT I RAN VARIOUS "CLEAN-UP" PROGRAMS, BUT I GUESS THEY
> DON'T
> LOOK FOR BAD SHORTCUTS.
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> How many files ( including sub-directories ) are there in the slow
>> drectory? How long are the file names?
>>
>> You might try increasing the setting for Folders to remember from
>> the
>> default 400.
>>
>> Download and install Power Toy TweakUi
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>>
>> In TweakUi select Explorer, Customisations and you will see an easy
>> way
>> to increase / decrease the default registry setting.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>>
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>