Windows Explorer Slow Folder Loading Problems FIX
1,160Windows Explorer Slow Folder Loading Problems FIX
An old Windows fix for an equally ancient Windows issue. This Windows Explorer "bug" goes back to the days of Windows Vista, yet unfortunately remains a glaring annoyance in Windows.
This unresponsive/slowdown behavior is typically seen when browsing the "Downloads" folder, so it's very likely it's happened to you as well. Windows tries to be smart about the files you store in your folders and thus optimizes the view and sorting options for pictures or videos. On either of those settings it will try to generate thumbnails for all your files (even when they are not pictures or videos) and take away precious seconds of your time, every - single - time.
There is a curious phenomenon many of you have likely come across: even with a fast computer, there are some folders Windows loads with agonizing slowness. Fortunately the fix is simple and the results are immediate.
Why Your Folders Load So Slowly
There is a long standing Windows Explorer feature that dates all the way back to Windows Vista wherein you can tell Windows Explorer what kind of content is in specific folders, in order to optimize how that content is displayed.
For example: you can tell Windows Explorer that a particular folder is where you store your music files, and it will present those files in a way most useful for browsing music (e.g. in detailed list format with column options like file playtime automatically enabled). Even if you never tell Windows Explorer what to do, it automatically defaults some folders to various settings (the “Music” library folder is, naturally, defaulted to music-type file display) and then uses a feature called Automatic Folder Type Discovery on the rest. The automatic discovery system is a best-guess as to what is in the folder based on the number of files of various types, last files added, and so on.
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After upgrading from an older version of Windows to Windows 10, quite a few users started experiencing an issue with File Explorer where File Explorer would either simply not load anything or load data at an incredibly slow pace, often resulting in only a small part of the data being loaded. This was an issue that plagued quite a lot of Windows users who upgraded to Windows 10 from older versions of the Operating System.
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of a couple of the Windows 10 users who were affected by this problem in the past, the culprit was found to be the Windows Search service that would start automatically every time affected users’ computers booted up and they logged into them. That being the case, the simple solution to this problem is to disable the Windows Search service. However, disabling the Windows Search service can have a couple of pretty serious consequences – even though the Search feature in File Explorer works perfectly fine following the disabling of the disabling of the Windows Search service, the Search bar in the Taskbar no longer works, along with a few Cortana features.
File Explorer (formerly known as Windows Explorer) is a component of Microsoft Windows that was first introduced with Windows 95. File Explorer is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) component, a file manager that allows Windows operating system users to edit and manage data, files, and other content stored on their computers. It is essentially the same as Windows Explorer but with added features and functionality.
File Explorer is one of the most used applications in Windows 10 and earlier versions. It is used to copy, move, and edit files. With the current version of File Explorer, you can copy/move files and within a single window. In addition, you can pause, stop, cancel and then resume the copying process. File Explorer plays a big part in the Windows operating systems, however, it is possible to use your computer without this feature. Command Prompt can be used to type commands manually and perform certain actions, but it requires advanced knowledge, which is why File Explorer makes computing easier.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).