Guest dhaynes381 Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Whenever I clear the recently used files from the start menu by hitting the clear button, the system hangs for a couple minutes before it executed the clear request. Aside from being annoying, it holds me up from doing other things. Any suggestions?
Guest Terry R. Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: XP hangs when clear recently used files from the start menu On 7/12/2007 12:56 PM On a whim, dhaynes381 pounded out on the keyboard > Whenever I clear the recently used files from the start menu by hitting the > clear button, the system hangs for a couple minutes before it executed the > clear request. Aside from being annoying, it holds me up from doing other > things. Any suggestions? What is actually in the Recent folder is quite a bit more than the dozen or so you see in "My Recent Documents. So it takes a few seconds to delete all of them. You could put a shortcut on your Desktop of the actual folder if you wanted to see at any given time how many shortcuts are there. I have one because I can see all of my Recent, not just a few. Regardless, they take up minimal space (depending on your cluster size). -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest dhaynes381 Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: XP hangs when clear recently used files from the start menu Thanks for your response. I understand what you are saying and it makes sense. However, after messing around with the issue a little more I learned something. The act of clearing the recent files was not the culprit. Even if I do not clear the files but just hit the OK button to exit the screen you would be in in order to clear the files causes the same event. The screen freezes up, even to the point where I receive and "Not Responding" message, then that initial screen will disappear after nearly a minute only to have to repeat the same process when hitting th OK button on the initial Start button menu. "Terry R." wrote: > On 7/12/2007 12:56 PM On a whim, dhaynes381 pounded out on the keyboard > > > Whenever I clear the recently used files from the start menu by hitting the > > clear button, the system hangs for a couple minutes before it executed the > > clear request. Aside from being annoying, it holds me up from doing other > > things. Any suggestions? > > What is actually in the Recent folder is quite a bit more than the dozen > or so you see in "My Recent Documents. So it takes a few seconds to > delete all of them. > > You could put a shortcut on your Desktop of the actual folder if you > wanted to see at any given time how many shortcuts are there. I have > one because I can see all of my Recent, not just a few. Regardless, > they take up minimal space (depending on your cluster size). > > -- > Terry R. > > ***Reply Note*** > Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. >
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