Re: browsing network folder SLOW when lots of files

From: Bob I (birelan_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:20:18 -0500

Make subdirectories on the "home drive" for the 1800 files.

barbie gee wrote:

> I'm upgrading users in our department to XP Pro. We login to a
> Domain, users have a "home" drive that is mapped.
>
> One of our users has an enormous number of files at the root of her
> home drive (>1,800) and it takes a LONG time for the files to be
> listed when she clicks on the mapped drive icon. deleting or moving
> these files from her home drive is not an option. Of course, with
> Win98, the file listings appeared instantly.
>
> I've seen bits and pieces on Google and the Knowledgebase about this,
> but never a clear, easy, and definitive "fix" for this problem.
>
> What do I turn on, off, or change, to have her network drive contents
> appear instantly?
>
> thank you,
> barb
>

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