Solution - Re: Windows XP: My Documents Uber Slow Opening

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From: EuanB (edbrodie_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/13/04 

Date: 13 Feb 2004 01:30:33 -0800

edbrodie@hotmail.com (EuanB) wrote in message news:<e013337.0402100717.ba487be@posting.google.com>...
> Hi All, have been trying to fix a problem with my computer for a few
> weeks now. Its not really a big thing, but more frustrating.

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> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Well after a bit of tinkering last night got it fixed!

Solution:
- Open Explorer and click on MyDocs
- Go make cup of coffee
- On return to computer, create a new sub folder in MyDocs and name it
something like MyZips
- Move all .zip files to new folder
- Job done.

To test close your explorer and reopen click MyDocs agains and notice speed
improvement.

I'm not 100% sure that this was the only solution or only worked cause I
had done other mods e.g. disable playing of sound file, netowrk registry
hack, indexing turned off etc.

However it does now work and I'm happy. Also when I open MyZips theres no
performance problems either so must have something to do with having
multiple file types in MyDocs e.g. .mp3 .avi .mpg etc. as I've heard that
it looks at the header info of each file in turn.

Thought it would be nice to post a solution for anyone else to find if required. 

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Euan