re: Windows Explorer slow
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at 8:24 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by CnlMustard
(1 messages posted)
You magnificent SOB!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've tried to fix this problem for at five years now! I even started preparing to
dump Windows and go to Linux!
Your fix lets me smile at my PC again, thanks, thanks, thanks!
On Monday, September 1, 2003 at 9:56 pm, JmC wrote:
href="http://the-it-mercenary.com/forums/Help/posts/8929.html">Windows
>98 Explorer Extremely Slow
>
>- Since this deals with the Desktop.ini file located in the 'My Documents' folder
>that is a hidden file, you may need 'Show all Files' enabled in Folder Options.
Click
>START, move to 'Settings' and then click 'Folder Options...'. Next click the 'View'
>tab, drill down to the 'Files and Folders' section and be sure 'Show all Files'
is
>selected. If it needs to be changed, be sure to click 'Apply' and then 'OK'.
>
> - Click START, move to FIND and click 'FILES OR FOLDERS'. Type 'DESKTOP.INI' in
>the 'Named' box with the 'Look in:' box set to your 'C:\>' (host) drive and press
>enter.
>
> - Next from the list that appears, locate the 'Desktop.ini' file located in the
>'My Documents' folder. Click on it to open it in Note Pad, or your default text
editor.
>The contents of the file will look like the listing below. Now clear the contents
>so it is blank. Next click 'File' and then 'Save' on the toolbar. Close the text
>editor and return to the open 'Find' window. Right click the same 'DESKTOP.INI'
file
>and select 'Properties' from the menu. All of the attributes should be checked except
>'Read-only'. Check the 'Read-only' box so that all four attributes are selected.
>Click 'Apply' and then close the properties window.
>
>[.ShellClassInfo]
>CLSID2={450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}
>InfoTip=Stores your documents, graphics, and other files.
>ConfirmFileOp=0
>
>[{A4839F80-B9E0-11D5-9AB6-DD3966CFEC07}]
>ID2=47A920
>
>[ExtShellFolderViews]
>
> - If for some reason you want to reverse this change, repeat the procedure to
change
>the 'Read-only' attributes. When you uncheck 'Read-only' and then 'Apply', Windows
>will restore the Desktop.ini to the default settings that were removed.
:)
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- re: Windows Explorer slow (JmC: Monday, September 1, 2003 at 9:56 pm)
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