Slow Thumbnail Loading? Help

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:38:01 -0700, Differentthinking wrote:

> I am running Windows XP and I find that images load very slowly in the
> directory. How can I speed this up. It is driving me and more importantly
> my wife crazy. I have to find a fix to this problem.
>
> Thanks

Using the "do not cache thumbnail" setting as suggested would be
counterproductive. For speed, you want these cached otherwise Windows will
have to recreate them every time a folder containing images is accessed.

On the other hand, the cache might be corrupt and is causing slowness.
Temporarily enable that setting and delete all of the hidden thumbs.db
files. Enable the setting again. Whenever an image folder is accessed,
there will be a slight delay for the cache to rebuild but subsequent access
should be more speedy.

Also for large folders, consider creating subfolders and using them to
organize the images. That way the number of images (and thumbnails) in any
one folder is not excessively large.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
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'Sharon F' wrote, in part:
| Using the "do not cache thumbnail" setting as suggested would be
| counterproductive. For speed, you want these cached otherwise Windows will
| have to recreate them every time a folder containing images is accessed.
_____

Good advice. And the multi-folder suggestion also helps organization. With
digital cameras and flash memory, where once we had shoeboxes stuffed with
prints, now we have hard drives stuffed full B^)

Phil Weldon

"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL RemoveThis @ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
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| On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:38:01 -0700, Differentthinking wrote:
|
| > I am running Windows XP and I find that images load very slowly in the
| > directory. How can I speed this up. It is driving me and more
importantly
| > my wife crazy. I have to find a fix to this problem.
| >
| > Thanks
|
| Using the "do not cache thumbnail" setting as suggested would be
| counterproductive. For speed, you want these cached otherwise Windows will
| have to recreate them every time a folder containing images is accessed.
|
| On the other hand, the cache might be corrupt and is causing slowness.
| Temporarily enable that setting and delete all of the hidden thumbs.db
| files. Enable the setting again. Whenever an image folder is accessed,
| there will be a slight delay for the cache to rebuild but subsequent
access
| should be more speedy.
|
| Also for large folders, consider creating subfolders and using them to
| organize the images. That way the number of images (and thumbnails) in any
| one folder is not excessively large.
|
| --
| Sharon F
| MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
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I really meant clear the mark..not place a mark..sorry...As a matter of
fact, while typing this reply I almost typed, 'place a mark' AGAIN..sheesh.

"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL DeleteThis @ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:38:01 -0700, Differentthinking wrote:
>
>> I am running Windows XP and I find that images load very slowly in the
>> directory. How can I speed this up. It is driving me and more
>> importantly
>> my wife crazy. I have to find a fix to this problem.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Using the "do not cache thumbnail" setting as suggested would be
> counterproductive. For speed, you want these cached otherwise Windows will
> have to recreate them every time a folder containing images is accessed.
>
> On the other hand, the cache might be corrupt and is causing slowness.
> Temporarily enable that setting and delete all of the hidden thumbs.db
> files. Enable the setting again. Whenever an image folder is accessed,
> there will be a slight delay for the cache to rebuild but subsequent
> access
> should be more speedy.
>
> Also for large folders, consider creating subfolders and using them to
> organize the images. That way the number of images (and thumbnails) in any
> one folder is not excessively large.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
 >> Stay informed about: Slow Thumbnail Loading? Help 

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:12:15 -0500, lvee wrote:

> I really meant clear the mark..not place a mark..sorry...As a matter of
> fact, while typing this reply I almost typed, 'place a mark' AGAIN..sheesh.

No problem, Ivee! I've also suffered from fingers not typing in the same
directions as my mind going, so know how that goes. ;^)

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
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I blame it on age...;^)

"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL.DeleteThis@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:12:15 -0500, lvee wrote:
>
>> I really meant clear the mark..not place a mark..sorry...As a matter of
>> fact, while typing this reply I almost typed, 'place a mark'
>> AGAIN..sheesh.
>
> No problem, Ivee! I've also suffered from fingers not typing in the same
> directions as my mind going, so know how that goes. ;^)
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
 >> Stay informed about: Slow Thumbnail Loading? Help