Windows XP: Windows Explorer takes too much time to display files.
Windows Explorer takes too much time to display files.
by vsood2 - 5/9/06 8:04 AMHi,
Windows Explorer takes too much time to display files. The problem (may be not a problem) is only with the folders with too many files. Say if a folder has around 3000 files, it will take 20 secs or more before u can access that folder.
Windows reads and collects some information regarding every file in that directory, I guess this is the problem.
I have a folder with 10,000 files or more and I need to visit that folder frequently. Windows just go mad for few seconds or a minute before it allows me to do anything inthat folder.
I am viewing files using "List View".
My PC is Dual Core, 80GB 7200 RPM n 1 GB RAM.
Is there any way I can tweak windows to allow me fast view of those folders? at a blazing speed of DOS "dir" ?
Thanks
Re: Windows Explorer takes too much time to display files.
by Tufenuf - 5/9/06 8:44 AM In reply to: Windows Explorer takes too much time to display files. by vsood2vsood2, Disable Indexing Service following the instructions at the link below may speed it up.
http://www.tweakxp.com/article37006.aspx
Tufenuf
Not really
by rquesada - 5/9/06 9:21 AM In reply to: Windows Explorer takes too much time to display files. by vsood2With that many files, even the most efficient of algorithms will take some time to sift through it all. You also have to keep in mind that such an operation will require a lot of data to be read from the HDD, which is the slowest part of the computer by a factor of thousands.
The best thing you can do to speed up access is to try and break the files into subdirectories of no more than a hundred or so files a piece. You can also be sure not to close that window once it's open with the full listing, but that's a temporary solution at best.
true
by vsood2 - 5/9/06 10:14 AM In reply to: Not really by rquesadaCreating folders is the only solution that I see for the time being.
What infact I was wondering that if it is possible to create an index of those folders. Once indexes are there windows should consult those indexes to show information regarding those folders. But how? dono..
Thx for your replies.
Sadly no
by rquesada - 5/9/06 11:52 AM In reply to: true by vsood2That sort of thing MIGHT be possible once WinFS is finished, but who knows for sure. First it was a full blown database style filesystem, then it got paired down to a database-like metadata layer on top of an existing filesystem, so who knows what will actually be delivered, assuming anything ever is delivered.
Most indexing programs try to index the contents of a file for searching, like Apple's Spotlight and Google's desktop program. I'm not aware of any metadata indexers for Windows, not that they can't exist, but they might be more expensive than it's worth for you.
Something you may want to consider, is a file server. Specifically a Linux based one using ResierFS for the filesystem. ReiserFS is a filesystem performance tuned for dealing with large numbers of small files. You might be able to shave a bit of time off of things using this method, but it's still going to take time to read all that metadata off of those files.
You could also try hacking out your own database metadata layer. Store file information inside a database using a free database program such as MySQL, then create a simple front end that lets you run searches for the file you want, and maybe a simple PL/SQL script to open that file. Once you get everything working, it could save a bundle of time, but it might take a bit to get it all working. It also assumes you have some basic programming skills, or know someone who does.
thx n found sth...not really though
by vsood2 - 5/9/06 3:31 PM In reply to: Sadly no by rquesadaHi,
Thanks for your reply. Your suggestions are good and valuable but its true that they are not feasible(due to time) for me.
I just downloaded IrfanView because Windows picture viewer was taking too long to display a picture. To my surprise when i click open in IrfanView and goes to the same directory with lots of files, it harldy takes any time and i am very free to naviagte..something what i wanted.. but its in IrfanView..
I dono whats the diff between two. And also the memory consumed by explorer.exe goes to more than 100MB when I try to see those big folders.
Cant' I tell windows that please dont' read any Metadata..just show them to me in a list view. To me there is no metadata to read!
Posible options
by caktus - 5/10/06 9:52 PM In reply to: Windows Explorer takes too much time to display files. by vsood2Perhaps Defraging often or increasing the size of the Page file may help.
Or
1. Open My Computer
2. Click on the Tools menu and select Folder Options.
3. Under Folder Options select the view tab.
4. Uncheck the very first box that reads "Automatically search for network folders and printers".
5. Click "Apply" or "OK"
You should see a dramatic increase in speed when Windows displays files. But with so many files this still may not be good enough.
Or perhaps breaking them down into smaller files.
Or perhaps placing the files on CD or DVD would be more practical.
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