explorer very slow, how to solve that?

giff · External Since: Sep 26, 2006 Posts: 2

Hi,

I have to use an old pc with windows 98 on. It works fine for
everything, but it is very slow when I use explorer, going through
directories...

what can it be the reason?

thanks

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Ron Badour1 · External Since: Apr 15, 2004 Posts: 1754

Create a new folder on the desktop. Cut and paste everything in My
Documents to the new folder. If this solves the problem, find a new home
for everything you moved and then limit the amount of stuff you file in My
Documents in the future.

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"giff" <giffnews333 RemoveThis @444gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have to use an old pc with windows 98 on. It works fine for everything,
> but it is very slow when I use explorer, going through directories...
>
> what can it be the reason?
>
> thanks
>
> --
> there are no numbers in my email address

charlie R · External Since: Jan 22, 2004 Posts: 67

Hi,

Do you Defrag regularly? If not, try that. Also, check your Startup
Tab in Msconfig. There may be programs running in the background, that
you don't use regularly. Leave checked only those you want to run at
Startup. Use Google to check out any files you don't recognize. Some
malware loads itself at startup, and really slows down the system. Scan
for adware, malware and viruses.

A bloated My Documents Folder can slow down your system. Create a My
Docs Folder, and move most of the files and folders into it. Since it's
not a System Folder, it won't slow down your system as My Documents
does. Also, empty your Temporary Internet Files, Cookies and Off line
Content, regularly. I do it once a week at least. Empty your Recycle
Bin, and Windows Temp Folder, also.

Hope it helps.

charlie R

"giff" <giffnews333 DeleteThis @444gmail.com> wrote in message
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: Hi,
:
: I have to use an old pc with windows 98 on. It works fine for
: everything, but it is very slow when I use explorer, going through
: directories...
:
: what can it be the reason?
:
: thanks
:
: --
: there are no numbers in my email address

giff · External Since: Sep 26, 2006 Posts: 2

charlie R wrote:

thanks to both, cleaning up the mydocuments folder solved the problem

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charlie R · External Since: Jan 22, 2004 Posts: 67

Great! Thanks for posting back.

charlie R

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: charlie R wrote:
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: thanks to both, cleaning up the mydocuments folder solved the problem
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lwz · Joined: Oct 15, 2007 Posts: 1

headscratcher · Joined: Dec 06, 2008 Posts: 1

I suffer from a bloated "My Documents" folder (1.6 GB). This seems to be slowing down my system ( i.e. when I try to create a new folder on my desktop).

I opened the "My Documents" folder, selected "all", and dragged the contents over to a New Folder on my desktop. While copying, two files in the My Documents folder ( desktop.ini and thumbs.db) were pointed out to be system files, and could not be moved. So I left them in My Documents.

Interesting to note is that, when I went to change the name of the "New Folder", Windows would not let me do this. The Windows message indicated that it thought I was still in the My Documents folder, which cannot change names.

Are there other System files in the "My Documents" Folder which cannot be removed, or moved?

Running under XP

Any help here?