🚀 go-pugleaf

I tried this & it DID speed things up slightly.  Thanks for the tip.

Regards, 
Joe

On Mon, 26 Oct 1998 03:42:41 GMT, high@cidity.level (pH) wrote:

>Something you may want to try... Find the file, "ShellIconCache" in your
>"C:\Windows" directory.  Delete it, restart Windows, and the file will be
>rebuilt.  Restart again, and see if they, at least, appear more rapidly.
>BTW, this is a hidden file, so it may not show up in Explorer, depending
>on your View options.  If you use Explorer (as opposed to File Manager),
>it'll probably end up in your Recycle Bin.  Delete it from there, as well,
>before you restart.
>
>On Sun, 25 Oct 1998 16:16:16 -0600, "Darren Dupr�" <DMDx86NOSPAM@altavista.net>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Joe wrote in message <36335def.2309422@nntp.a001.sprintmail.com>...
>>>I noticed that both my desktop & folder icons initially pop-up on the
>>>sceen rather slowly when I first bring them up.  However, a week ago I
>>>installed the latest driver for my Stealth II video card & the icons
>>>started appearing INSTANTLY on my desktop when I booted & when I
>>>opened a new folder.  But since installing the "Sin" game demo (now
>>>uninstalled) last night, they've gone back to appearing slowly again.
>>>I can hear the HDD being accessed, whereas before when they appeared
>>>instantly it wasn't.  My hard drive is an Ultra DMA-type & I'm running
>>>a K6-2 cpu so I know my system is plenty fast enough.  Is there a
>>>solution for this admittedly minor but annoying problem?  I have my
>>>home system configured as a "network server" in control panel & I use
>>>a permanent swap file (160 MB).
>>
>>
>>
>>This may be obvious, but have you defragged your HD lately?
>>