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    Slow W7 Explorer.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Bullit, Oct 3, 2010.

  1. Bullit

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    Ordering files by anything than Alphabetically is painful slow. Any ideas?
     
    Bullit, Oct 3, 2010
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    Not really - considering you could have 2 files in a folder or 20.000 ...

    Details!!!!

    My first thoughts are:
    How many files are in your folder - up to a few hundred it really shouldn't be an issue though - above I don't know.

    Have you left your computer to create an index of files - that would possibly speed up explorer operations.

    What kind of files - does your computer generate thumbnails?

    What kind of view - a list with Icons or thumbnails? I could imagine thumbnails being slower than icons.
     
    DetlevCM, Oct 4, 2010
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    7000 files. Yes. Jpg, and thumbs are already generated. Thumbnails set. Today it seems a bit faster.
     
    Bullit, Oct 4, 2010
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    There is your answer.

    Shuffling around 7000 files takes ages - and then the thumbnails - unless it has them all at hand it will need to regenerate them.

    Maybe you should split it up into folders?

    But letting it index files - but more crucially create all the thumbnails will speed it up.
     
    DetlevCM, Oct 4, 2010
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    Bullit, Oct 5, 2010
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    Wouldn't an ssd help with this too?
     
    dummy27, Oct 5, 2010
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    I should - unless the thumbnails need more space than the OS allocated for them, in that case it would need to regenerate them every time.

    I have no idea how many thumbnails the OS keeps cached at maximum.
     
    DetlevCM, Oct 6, 2010
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