Re: Another flaw in Windows XP

Thanks for the detailed explanation, I've not seen or encountered your
specific issue. I was under the impression that it was a general slowness
using Windows Explorer. I have a 2000 VPC and it has shares that
have heavily populated folders. Next time I'm using VPC I'll check on
Explorer and the situation you described.

"George Hester" <hesterloli@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It is not the opening of Windows Explorer although that can also show this
> behavior by how the folder tree and files populate in the right-hand pane.
> This is a result of Internet Explorer 6. Listen you can see the
> difference
> very easily in Windows 2000. There you see how the folder structure
> populates without IE 6 installed. Then go ahead and put IE 6 in. You
> will
> notice the folders populate by cascading. That is NOT the way the folders
> poulate with IE 5 or 5.5 in Windows 2000. There they populate all at
> once.
> No cascading.
>
> This behavior in Windows XP is a direct result of IE 6. It is not so
> noticable with local drives and not with Network drives in folders that do
> not have files which are building. But in folders that are on Network
> drives with a large number of files which are building you will see this
> behavior very clearly that I op'd on this.
>
> --
>
> George Hester
> _________________________________
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:#IxqAZT7FHA.1032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> What constitutes a slow opening of Explorer ? w/ full content. If I
>> click Explorer, it displays within a second. Only thing I do different
>> is leave a formatted floppy in the drive, use Launch Folder Windows
>> in a separate process and delete some of the Namespace items to
>> keep it from browsing the network.
>> All kinds of things "Hook" into Explorer and you can trim those back
>> with a few Registry edits to the Context menu handlers.
>> If it is indeed slow - then something besides native XP functions are
>> probably to blame.
>>
>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:O2dlEUT7FHA.1276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Windows Explorer populates with great rapidity on my computer.
>> >
>> > 1. Find the corrupt files and dump them. The system is choking on them.
>> > 2. Remove the CD or DVD from the drive. The drives take time to
> enumerate
>> > all the files.
>> > 3. Get a faster computer and hard drive
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Richard Urban
>> > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> >
>> > Quote from George Ankner:
>> > If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> > You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>> >
>> > "George Hester" <hesterloli@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:OqLyOGT7FHA.3200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Right. And is why the Windows Explorer populates slowly. Which is
> what
>> >> I
>> >> was talking about. This happens as a result of IE 6 not just the
>> >> integration of IE with the shell.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> George Hester
>> >> _________________________________
>> >> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:#C78skS7FHA.808@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>> George Hester wrote:
>> >>> > No Bruce you do not understand the difference between IE and
>> >>> > Windows
>> >>> > Explorer. Short answer is very little. Want proof? Type
>> >>> > http://www.microsoft.com in the Windows Explorer address bar and
> then
>> >> hit
>> >>> > ENTER.
>> >>> >
>> >>>
>> >>> That proves nothing beyond the well-known design feature that allows
>> >>> explore.exe to pass URLs to iexplore.exe for handling. It's been
>> >>> like
>> >>> that since Win98 and Win2K.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>>
>> >>> Bruce Chambers
>> >>>
>> >>> Help us help you:
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>> >>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>> >>>
>> >>> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> having
>> >>> both at once. - RAH
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>


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