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VISTA TIP: Speed up file copying

by Alpesh Nakar

If you have experienced file copying operation to be a pain in Windows Vista, then refer to this Microsoft KB.

Paul’s got a tip for you. Excerpt from his blog post:

I looked at the Folder Options under Control Panel and noticed the very first setting under the View tab: Always show Icons, never Thumbnails. It was not checked. I realized that Vista must read each file when opening the folder for a thumbnail and/or creates one. When I checked the Always show Icons, never Thumbnails, it reduced the time required to open each folder to 3 or 4 seconds.

That’s awesome. Thanks Paul. I am sure we all appreciate this workaround.

Vista, Vista Tip, MSTalkOnline, Alpesh Nakar

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