Windows Explorer Media File Performance

Hi,

I am continually having problems with the performance of Explorer when
displaying folders full of video files. Simply, if I select a folder
containing, for example, 20 AVI files of around 350MB each, Explorer "hangs"
for ages, even if I have the folder View options set to "List". Usually,
control eventually returns but sometimes I have to kill off explorer.exe.

This occurs even if I have disabled my anti-virus software, to try to speed
up the file access.

My PC is:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3GHz
MSI P35 Platinum Motherboard
2x 1GB Crucial DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX RAM
EVGA GeForce 8800GT 512MB KO
Western Digital 160GB SATA Drive
Western Digital 500GB SATA Drive
Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
Windows XP SP2 with all updates
nVidia ForceWare v169.28
Intel INF v8.3.0.1011

I also see this problem on a completely different PC:

Shuttle SN45Gv2
Upgraded SilentX PSU (300W IIRC)
AMD Athlon 3200+
XFX GeForce 6800GS 256MB AGP
2x 512MB Crucial DDR RAM
1x 120GB IDE HDD
1x 300GB IDE HDD
Plextor DVD / CDRW
Windows XP SP2 with all updates
nVidia ForceWare v169.28
nVidia nForce v5.10
nVidia nForce Audio v4.62

Any ideas?

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Cheers,

Charles
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