One folder slow to open in Windows Explorer

[dev]

Bob Fitzgerald said:

> This has been increasingly frustrating. There is one (and only
> one) folder that is very slow to open in Windows Explorer. I
> have checked the folder properties, searched various MS
> knowledge base articles and haven't been able to find any useful
> help. Suggestions greatly appreciated.

What folder? Are all files in the directory (folder) usable and functional?

[xe77]

Select Tools > Folder Options > [View] > (o) show hidden
files and folders, and [ ] uncheck Hide Protected
Operating system files.
Open the folder and delete desktop.ini and folder.htt.
Go back to Folder options and restore to your previous
settings in the [View] tab.

>-----Original Message-----
>This has been increasingly frustrating. There is one
(and only
>one) folder that is very slow to open in Windows
Explorer. I
>have checked the folder properties, searched various MS
>knowledge base articles and haven't been able to find
any useful
>help. Suggestions greatly appreciated.
>

>Thanks.
>
>Bob
>.
>

[Alex Nichol]

Bob Fitzgerald wrote:

>This has been increasingly frustrating. There is one (and only
>one) folder that is very slow to open in Windows Explorer.

Does this by any chance contain a lot of multimedia (and especially
.AVI) files? If so it will be because explorer is going through each
file to look for the component parts (AVI is an envelope that may have
several sections) to get out data like codec used, author, etc. You can
turn that search off (but will no longer see info on these properties)
by using regedit to go to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi
and deleting the PersistentHandler sub-key

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Alex Nichol MVP (Windows - File Systems)
Bournemouth, U.K. Al...@mvps.org