Some system information - AMD 2600+ with 1GB RAM and two 40GB HDs at 7200,
AGP video card with 128MB onboard - all driver and other updates applied.

"Bob" <bobshoemaker114@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:VsWdnRZkZ7dvuineRVn-sA@comcast.com...
> Windows Explorer displays the contents of most folders fine. But all the
> ones with pictures take FOREVER to load and refresh whether they are in
> List view of Thumbnails. I assume this has to do with loading preview
> information and icons for the file they are associated with (Photoshop in
> my case), since document files like Word and Excel load quickly.
>
> Does anyone have ideas on how to fix this? I have tried changing the
> folder type and alternately turned indexing on and off but it did not seem
> to make much difference. Drives have been scanned and defragmented. Some
> are FAT32 and some are NTFS - both drag along in slow motion. Happens in
> folders with less than a hundred photos. Most of mine have thousands,
> mostly JPEG, although I have not noticed any difference in the loading of
> images with different file types. Sometimes it works better and sometimes
> it freezes Explorer and I get a Not Responding message. I use Task Manager
> to close the open folder and open it again and it does seem to load them
> faster the next time. Would changing my JPG file association to something
> other than Photoshop help, or is this even related to the issue?
>
> Thanks for any and all help.
>