[softwarelist] Re: "Save As" button in OPW 2.92 (17 August 06)

> > In message <4542861C.1080604@xxxxxxxx>, Clive Bonsall 
> > <C.Bonsall@xxxxxxxx> writes
> > >After a scan ... 45 seconds to Save Frame As
> > >Now, I notice I get the a similarly slow Save As response from 
MSWORD.
> 
> > What can happen with Windows is that it has a list of visited folders 
> > and some of those no longer exist (e.g. on a network) there is then a 
> > long delay whilst it attempts to look at them.
> 
> What *does* happen with Windows (unless you tweak certain bits of the
> registry) is that it checks all known drives are actually
> present/accessible before accessing the one you told it to use (which 
might
> actually be the local (C:)
> 

If you are using Windows XP then if the 'My Network Places' folder 
contains
a shortcut to a network share, then each refresh of the explorer window 
will
attempt to read icon information from every file in the remote location,
causing the system to slow to a crawl, particularly if the network drive 
is
no longer available. 

Removing all shortcuts from 'My Network Places' will return the system
response to normal. 

Every time you open a file via a UNC name, Windows XP will automatically 
add
another shortcut to the 'My Network Places' folder - so the issue tends to
get worse over time. 

You can prevent the automatic addition of shortcuts by setting 
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoRecentDocsNetHood
 
to 1. 

HTH

Andy Ling

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