What makes this so slow to read directories with a few thousand files in them The green progress bar in the windows takes forever. If you re-sort the directory it takes forever again. On the other hand Xplorer2 does it instantly.
Van Chocstraw wrote: > What makes this so slow to read directories with a few thousand files in > them The green progress bar in the windows takes forever. If you re-sort > the directory it takes forever again. On the other hand Xplorer2 does it > instantly. I don't know what's wrong with the code, but it's been my experience that the file managers that come with windows have not really worked since Windows 3.1 (which had a great file manager). The one in Windows 7 is better than the one that came with Windows XP, my last OS version. I always used Power Desk in XP. Now I'm looking for a free replacement for the file manager in Windows 7 x64. Windows native file managers seem to be crap. -Al-
"Al Smith" <invalid@address.com> wrote in message news:URh7n.60967$Db2.45103@edtnps83... > Van Chocstraw wrote: >> What makes this so slow to read directories with a few thousand files in >> them The green progress bar in the windows takes forever. If you re-sort >> the directory it takes forever again. On the other hand Xplorer2 does it >> instantly. > > > I don't know what's wrong with the code, but it's been my experience that > the file managers that come with windows have not really worked since > Windows 3.1 (which had a great file manager). The one in Windows 7 is > better than the one that came with Windows XP, my last OS version. I > always used Power Desk in XP. Now I'm looking for a free replacement for > the file manager in Windows 7 x64. Windows native file managers seem to be > crap. > > -Al- Interesting. I don't like Windows Explorer in Win7HP-64bit - I much prefer that in XP. I copied explorer.exe over from XP, but it won't run. I wonder if there is a simple fix to get it to work in Win7? Have you looked at FreeCommander as a possible file manager for Win7? -- Jeff