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(I've been Googling but, today is not my Google day !)

 

....after working in Adobe Photoshop and sometimes other programs. Even

after a fresh restart, then using Adobe to work on a photo or two, ...when I

quit Adobe, it exits fast enough but, Desktop takes ages to refresh, i.e. 10

or 15 icons takes ages to turn from like a plain postage stamp to their

proper little graphic.

Any idea where I can rummage to tweak this, or is it just the norm. ?

 

regards, Richard

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Re: Desktop / icons very slow to refresh ...

 

....would

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5164407.html

help at all ?

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:OSzh6eQ8IHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> (I've been Googling but, today is not my Google day !)

>

> ...after working in Adobe Photoshop and sometimes other programs. Even

> after a fresh restart, then using Adobe to work on a photo or two, ...when

> I quit Adobe, it exits fast enough but, Desktop takes ages to refresh,

> i.e. 10 or 15 icons takes ages to turn from like a plain postage stamp to

> their proper little graphic.

> Any idea where I can rummage to tweak this, or is it just the norm. ?

>

> regards, Richard

>

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Re: Desktop / icons very slow to refresh ...

 

See Kelly's Korner (line 121): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Increasing the size of your Icon cache

 

Also the TechRepublic you mentioned for more detail:

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-5164407.html

 

This value is set to 8096 on my PC.

 

JS

http://www.pagestart.com

 

 

"RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:OSzh6eQ8IHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> (I've been Googling but, today is not my Google day !)

>

> ...after working in Adobe Photoshop and sometimes other programs. Even

> after a fresh restart, then using Adobe to work on a photo or two, ...when

> I quit Adobe, it exits fast enough but, Desktop takes ages to refresh,

> i.e. 10 or 15 icons takes ages to turn from like a plain postage stamp to

> their proper little graphic.

> Any idea where I can rummage to tweak this, or is it just the norm. ?

>

> regards, Richard

>

Posted

Re: Desktop / icons very slow to refresh ...

 

Many thanks for your response,

I have increased "Max Cached Icons" to 2000 bytes, (for some strange reason

MS reccommends this size instead of hex. multiples - 2048 etc._

....and it's all lovely !

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"JS" <@> wrote in message news:e44csLS8IHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> See Kelly's Korner (line 121):

> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

> Increasing the size of your Icon cache

>

> Also the TechRepublic you mentioned for more detail:

> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-5164407.html

>

> This value is set to 8096 on my PC.

>

> JS

> http://www.pagestart.com

>

>

> "RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:OSzh6eQ8IHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> (I've been Googling but, today is not my Google day !)

>>

>> ...after working in Adobe Photoshop and sometimes other programs. Even

>> after a fresh restart, then using Adobe to work on a photo or two,

>> ...when I quit Adobe, it exits fast enough but, Desktop takes ages to

>> refresh, i.e. 10 or 15 icons takes ages to turn from like a plain postage

>> stamp to their proper little graphic.

>> Any idea where I can rummage to tweak this, or is it just the norm. ?

>>

>> regards, Richard

>>

>

>

Posted

Re: Desktop / icons very slow to refresh ...

 

You're welcome.

 

JS

 

"RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:u596$nW8IHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Many thanks for your response,

> I have increased "Max Cached Icons" to 2000 bytes, (for some strange

> reason MS reccommends this size instead of hex. multiples - 2048 etc._

> ...and it's all lovely !

>

> regards, Richard

>

>

> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:e44csLS8IHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> See Kelly's Korner (line 121):

>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

>> Increasing the size of your Icon cache

>>

>> Also the TechRepublic you mentioned for more detail:

>> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-5164407.html

>>

>> This value is set to 8096 on my PC.

>>

>> JS

>> http://www.pagestart.com

>>

>>

>> "RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:OSzh6eQ8IHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> (I've been Googling but, today is not my Google day !)

>>>

>>> ...after working in Adobe Photoshop and sometimes other programs. Even

>>> after a fresh restart, then using Adobe to work on a photo or two,

>>> ...when I quit Adobe, it exits fast enough but, Desktop takes ages to

>>> refresh, i.e. 10 or 15 icons takes ages to turn from like a plain

>>> postage stamp to their proper little graphic.

>>> Any idea where I can rummage to tweak this, or is it just the norm. ?

>>>

>>> regards, Richard

>>>

>>

>>

>

>


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