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Fidel · 07-03-2002, 06:36 PM

A very good tweak for XP is to increase the icon cache.
Go to the start menu, there "Ausführen" (I don´t know how that is called in the english version, maybe execute). Type in "regedit", which brings up regedit [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]. There you must go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Currentversion/Explorer.
In the right window, right-click a blank area and choose "New" - "String Value" and call it "Max Cached Icons". Press return. Double-click this new Key and type the value 8192 into the box.

This should increase the speed when opening folders by a significant ammount. Only use this on XP. If you have any problems or don´t know what to do, abort the whole thing and ask here, cause playing with the registry can be bad for your OS if not done correctly.

Oh and you need to reboot of course.

07-03-2002, 06:36 PM	#2
Fidel Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3,283	A very good tweak for XP is to increase the icon cache. Go to the start menu, there "Ausführen" (I don´t know how that is called in the english version, maybe execute). Type in "regedit", which brings up regedit [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]. There you must go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Currentversion/Explorer. In the right window, right-click a blank area and choose "New" - "String Value" and call it "Max Cached Icons". Press return. Double-click this new Key and type the value 8192 into the box. This should increase the speed when opening folders by a significant ammount. Only use this on XP. If you have any problems or don´t know what to do, abort the whole thing and ask here, cause playing with the registry can be bad for your OS if not done correctly. Oh and you need to reboot of course.