HI all,
I'm trying to do some file and folder cleanup/maintenance and every time I drag/move a file or delete one, Windows Explorer hangs with an hourglass for around 4 or 5 seconds. This is just insanity, I can't keep my files in order if I have to wait several seconds after each individual move.
This is Windows XP Pro SP2, and this issue appears to be a relatively recent phenomenon, I'm assuming after some security fix is when it started. I have disabled my McAffee AV and Trend-Micro antispyware during this task in case it was either of those, and there is no change. I have Indexing turned of on this drive.
This is the system drive (C
and has been defragged.
When I look in Task Manager, I see the Explorer.exe jump to 40 or 50% for these few seconds. These happen to be mostly .mp3 files, they're generall from 3 to 5 meg, and I'm just moving to another folder within the same drive, so the actual file isn't even really moving at all.
I've tried setting the view to List, Details, Thumbnails, etc, and none seem to have any effect. I have shut down iTunes service and iPodHelper, in case one of these has some hook to track any movement of .mp3 files.
I'm going crazy trying to arrange these files and it's just impossible, I'm wondering if anyone's noticed this, if it's an Explorer bug, or some other program hook. Thanks anyone for any help or hints on this,
--Jim
I'm trying to do some file and folder cleanup/maintenance and every time I drag/move a file or delete one, Windows Explorer hangs with an hourglass for around 4 or 5 seconds. This is just insanity, I can't keep my files in order if I have to wait several seconds after each individual move.
This is Windows XP Pro SP2, and this issue appears to be a relatively recent phenomenon, I'm assuming after some security fix is when it started. I have disabled my McAffee AV and Trend-Micro antispyware during this task in case it was either of those, and there is no change. I have Indexing turned of on this drive.
This is the system drive (C
When I look in Task Manager, I see the Explorer.exe jump to 40 or 50% for these few seconds. These happen to be mostly .mp3 files, they're generall from 3 to 5 meg, and I'm just moving to another folder within the same drive, so the actual file isn't even really moving at all.
I've tried setting the view to List, Details, Thumbnails, etc, and none seem to have any effect. I have shut down iTunes service and iPodHelper, in case one of these has some hook to track any movement of .mp3 files.
I'm going crazy trying to arrange these files and it's just impossible, I'm wondering if anyone's noticed this, if it's an Explorer bug, or some other program hook. Thanks anyone for any help or hints on this,
--Jim