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> I suspect you do have this sort of file inside each DWF, which is fine; I'm > guessing that the relatively large number of files in the directory means > that the "make thumbnail" program has to run overtime to keep up. > Unfortunately, Microsoft has no real facility to cache the results of making > these thumbnail icons, so any time you go into the directory these have to > be regenerated. That said, this performance issue will be examined here. Not exactly true... with XP, once the thumbnails have been generated, MS caches them into a db file assuming under Folder Options>View the checkbox for caching the thumbnails is unchecked. If Edward has this checked, he should uncheck it. If he already has it unchecked, then his db file size is probably outrageous and its the parsing of it that is bogging him down. -- Mike ___________________________ Mike Tuersley CADalyst's CAD Clinic Rand IMAGINiT Technologies ___________________________ the trick is to realize that there is no spoon...

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Mike; Thanks that helped out some what. It still drains my computer every time I open the folder; but not as much as before. -- From; Edward Borg Precision Drafting LLC http://precisiondraftingllc.com Cadkiller@aol.com "Mike Tuersley" wrote in message news:1x6pr9qj6agcm$.aomsacvqyuai$.dlg@40tude.net... >> I suspect you do have this sort of file inside each DWF, which is fine; >> I'm >> guessing that the relatively large number of files in the directory means >> that the "make thumbnail" program has to run overtime to keep up. >> Unfortunately, Microsoft has no real facility to cache the results of >> making >> these thumbnail icons, so any time you go into the directory these have >> to >> be regenerated. That said, this performance issue will be examined here. > > Not exactly true... with XP, once the thumbnails have been generated, MS > caches them into a db file assuming under Folder Options>View the checkbox > for caching the thumbnails is unchecked. > > If Edward has this checked, he should uncheck it. If he already has it > unchecked, then his db file size is probably outrageous and its the > parsing > of it that is bogging him down. > > -- Mike > ___________________________ > Mike Tuersley > CADalyst's CAD Clinic > Rand IMAGINiT Technologies > ___________________________ > the trick is to realize that there is no spoon...

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> Not exactly true... with XP, once the thumbnails have been generated, MS > caches them into a db file assuming under Folder Options>View the checkbox > for caching the thumbnails is unchecked. Depends on the shell extension implementation. "Mike Tuersley" wrote in message news:1x6pr9qj6agcm$.aomsacvqyuai$.dlg@40tude.net... > > I suspect you do have this sort of file inside each DWF, which is fine; I'm > > guessing that the relatively large number of files in the directory means > > that the "make thumbnail" program has to run overtime to keep up. > > Unfortunately, Microsoft has no real facility to cache the results of making > > these thumbnail icons, so any time you go into the directory these have to > > be regenerated. That said, this performance issue will be examined here. > > Not exactly true... with XP, once the thumbnails have been generated, MS > caches them into a db file assuming under Folder Options>View the checkbox > for caching the thumbnails is unchecked. > > If Edward has this checked, he should uncheck it. If he already has it > unchecked, then his db file size is probably outrageous and its the parsing > of it that is bogging him down. > > -- Mike > ___________________________ > Mike Tuersley > CADalyst's CAD Clinic > Rand IMAGINiT Technologies > ___________________________ > the trick is to realize that there is no spoon...