Thumbnails Take a While to Load

# images varies, some folders with only 5 or 6 pictures take a while, as do
some with over 50.
Obscene, as in 30-45 seconds. This is quite a long time to be waiting for
the window to start responding again
I have a 2.8GHz, 1GB Ram, Pentium IV
Actually i just checked and it takes a while to save images even if i'm not
in thumbnail view
I have hidden files viewable, and i've had cached thumbnails for a while,
and yet i don't see a thumbs.db. I've seen it before, just not in every
folder


"Rock" wrote:

> How many images are in a folder with the problem? What is obscenely long
> mean as a number? What is the configuration of the system, processer speed
> and amount of RAM?
>
> What happens if you change the display from thumbnails to something like
> list - does it still take a long time?
>
> If your system is not underpowered, or if there aren't that many images in a
> folder, then try deleting the thumbs.db file (thumbnail cache). It will be
> recreated. If it is corrupted in some fashion doing this will correct it.
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
>
>

Try this.

Open Folder Options...
Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
View tab | UNCheck: Do not cache thumbnails |
Click Apply | Click OK

Do not cache thumbnails
[[Disables automatic storage of folder thumbnails in a cache file. When you
store thumbnail images in a cache file, Windows can reuse them instead of
creating new ones every time you open a folder. If you disable this
automatic storage function, folders that contain thumbnails might take
longer to open.]]

The only disadvantage to this is that every folder with Thumbnail view will
have a thumbs.db file created.

The thumbs.db file is generated by Windows. It is a database file containing
the small images displayed when you view a folder in Thumbnail View (as
opposed to Tile, Icon, List or Detail View).

Thumbs.db file contains the thumbnails for a particular folder.

Windows XP uses a compressed database file (Thumbs.db) to increase
performance. Supposedly.

Note: To see the Thumbs.db file, you must be able to view hidden files. To
view hidden files, click Folder Options on the View menu in Windows
Explorer, click the View tab, click Show All Files and then click OK.

Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) needs to be UNChecked
also.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:860D9619-F156-433A-9942-19409ED0C87E@microsoft.com,
EuropaCar <EuropaCar.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> When I open most of my picture folders, the thumbnails take an obscenely
> long time to load. When I go to save something from the internet, not
> only does it take a long time to load the 'my pictures' folder in the
> 'save as' window, but then when i finally click save, the internet
> explorer window that I saved the picture from stops responding for about
> 30 seconds while it saves.

Yeah this works.. to an extent. Hmm what seems to be the case is that
unchecking this box does make the thumbnails load more quickly, but only the
ones I already have. When I go to save a picture, it still takes a very long
time to save. However, when I check this box, pictures save really quickly,
it just takes a while to load the folders with a lot of pictures.
Any explanation?

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Try this.
>
> Open Folder Options...
> Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
> View tab | UNCheck: Do not cache thumbnails |
> Click Apply | Click OK
>
> Do not cache thumbnails
> [[Disables automatic storage of folder thumbnails in a cache file. When you
> store thumbnail images in a cache file, Windows can reuse them instead of
> creating new ones every time you open a folder. If you disable this
> automatic storage function, folders that contain thumbnails might take
> longer to open.]]
>
> The only disadvantage to this is that every folder with Thumbnail view will
> have a thumbs.db file created.
>
> The thumbs.db file is generated by Windows. It is a database file containing
> the small images displayed when you view a folder in Thumbnail View (as
> opposed to Tile, Icon, List or Detail View).
>
> Thumbs.db file contains the thumbnails for a particular folder.
>
> Windows XP uses a compressed database file (Thumbs.db) to increase
> performance. Supposedly.
>
> Note: To see the Thumbs.db file, you must be able to view hidden files. To
> view hidden files, click Folder Options on the View menu in Windows
> Explorer, click the View tab, click Show All Files and then click OK.
>
> Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) needs to be UNChecked
> also.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:860D9619-F156-433A-9942-19409ED0C87E@microsoft.com,
> EuropaCar <EuropaCar DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > When I open most of my picture folders, the thumbnails take an obscenely
> > long time to load. When I go to save something from the internet, not
> > only does it take a long time to load the 'my pictures' folder in the
> > 'save as' window, but then when i finally click save, the internet
> > explorer window that I saved the picture from stops responding for about
> > 30 seconds while it saves.
>
>

"EuropaCar" wrote

># images varies, some folders with only 5 or 6 pictures take a while, as do
> some with over 50.
> Obscene, as in 30-45 seconds. This is quite a long time to be waiting for
> the window to start responding again
> I have a 2.8GHz, 1GB Ram, Pentium IV
> Actually i just checked and it takes a while to save images even if i'm
> not
> in thumbnail view
> I have hidden files viewable, and i've had cached thumbnails for a while,
> and yet i don't see a thumbs.db. I've seen it before, just not in every
> folder
>
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> How many images are in a folder with the problem? What is obscenely long
>> mean as a number? What is the configuration of the system, processer
>> speed
>> and amount of RAM?
>>
>> What happens if you change the display from thumbnails to something like
>> list - does it still take a long time?
>>
>> If your system is not underpowered, or if there aren't that many images
>> in a
>> folder, then try deleting the thumbs.db file (thumbnail cache). It will
>> be
>> recreated. If it is corrupted in some fashion doing this will correct
>> it.

I didn't know if you had just a handful of images or thousands. Yes that's
a long time. Was it always like this? Is this a sudden change? Try
deleting the thumbs.db files, although if it's slow in different folders
with different numbers of images it's hard to believe the thumbs.db file is
corrupt in each one.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]