slowday444 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Recently (like this week) when I open folders containing applications the icons open slowly and one by one. I swear they used to just always be visible. May be some sort of file protection setting in NOD32 v3 or v3 of Comodo, however, I've been using both several weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted January 20, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 20, 2008 I don't know too much about this myself, but this may help. Icon Lag: EDIT: The IconCache.db file is hidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Does they always load slowly, even after they have once fully loaded ? I mean does they always load slowly, when you open the same folder? One thing to do is increase icon cache size: http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/57/ That icon cache tweak is handy, if your desktop icons are always re-freshing themselves. I have set my cache to 8192. Path Copy TeraCopy Unlocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowday444 Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Thank you both, sounds like you nailed it. I'll mess with it tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Does they always load slowly, even after they have once fully loaded ? I mean does they always load slowly, when you open the same folder? One thing to do is increase icon cache size: http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/57/ That icon cache tweak is handy, if your desktop icons are always re-freshing themselves. I have set my cache to 8192. Thanks CeeCee. I set the cache to 2000 and that stopped the annoying icon refresh when I clear the Recycle Bin "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted January 21, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 21, 2008 I set the cache to 2000 and that stopped the annoying icon refresh when I clear the Recycle Bin That indeed works and I've used it for years. I've found I like having mine set at 20480 which may be overkill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowday444 Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 So I didn't actually have the value so I had to use the linked instructions for creating the value. I have XP Home but it worked fine. Thanks again! http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-...11-5164407.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 So I didn't actually have the value so I had to use the linked instructions for creating the value. I have XP Home but it worked fine. Thanks again! http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-...11-5164407.html There already was instructions on that link i gave. Path Copy TeraCopy Unlocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted January 21, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 21, 2008 Does they always load slowly, even after they have once fully loaded ? I mean does they always load slowly, when you open the same folder? One thing to do is increase icon cache size: http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/57/ That icon cache tweak is handy, if your desktop icons are always re-freshing themselves. I have set my cache to 8192. Thanks for that CeeCee. Like slowday, I didn't have that string value at all. Wrote one from your link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowday444 Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 There already was instructions on that link i gave. I meant instructions on how to create a new string (I'll be 60 in three months! lol). It didn't exactly explain how to do that if the string didn't exist, only showed the new string. I new how to enter a new figure but wasn't sure how to create a whole new entry. Now I know. Anyway, I did it and indeed all of the icons in my program folders are happily opening immediately! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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