After reboot, first folder takes 50 secs to open

[Jack Crane]

Win XP.

After rebooting, the first time I open a folder (any folder) it takes 50
seconds to open. After that, all folders open instantly. How can I reconfig
to get that first folder to open right away?

Thanks,

Jack Crane

 

[Michel S.]

Are you opening that folder not long after the boot proces finished ?

Are you using a program that may take a while to load while locking
access to files (Zone Alarm Security Suite, Norton Internet Security) ?

Does this started recently ? Did you make any changes just before ?

MS

Jack Crane a exprimé avec précision :
> Win XP.
>
> After rebooting, the first time I open a folder (any folder) it takes 50
> seconds to open. After that, all folders open instantly. How can I reconfig
> to get that first folder to open right away?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jack Crane

 

[frodo@theshire.net]

the "lag right after boot up" issue is Explorer "initializing" itself.
You can make that go away/reduce by putting the desktop/taskbar into its
own process (thread really) w/ this reg setting:

------cut-------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
;; make desktop process seperate (ie, desktop and taskbar in own process)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"DesktopProcess"=dword:00000001
-------cut--------

on multi-core/hyperthread cpu you will notice the diff.

set it back to 0 to turn it off again if not pleased (must reboot to take
effect).

Give it a try...

 

[Jack Crane]

frodo@theshire.net wrote in news:139pseo6j7dce01@corp.supernews.com:

> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
> "DesktopProcess"=dword:00000001
> Give it a try...

Thanks, but HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
was already set to 00000001 (1)

Jack