Desktop / icons very slow to refresh ...

(I've been Googling but, today is not my Google day !)

....after working in Adobe Photoshop and sometimes other programs. Even
after a fresh restart, then using Adobe to work on a photo or two, ...when I
quit Adobe, it exits fast enough but, Desktop takes ages to refresh, i.e. 10
or 15 icons takes ages to turn from like a plain postage stamp to their
proper little graphic.
Any idea where I can rummage to tweak this, or is it just the norm. ?

regards, Richard

....would
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-5164407.html
help at all ?

regards, Richard


"RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OSzh6eQ8IHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> (I've been Googling but, today is not my Google day !)
>
> ...after working in Adobe Photoshop and sometimes other programs. Even
> after a fresh restart, then using Adobe to work on a photo or two, ...when
> I quit Adobe, it exits fast enough but, Desktop takes ages to refresh,
> i.e. 10 or 15 icons takes ages to turn from like a plain postage stamp to
> their proper little graphic.
> Any idea where I can rummage to tweak this, or is it just the norm. ?
>
> regards, Richard
>

See Kelly's Korner (line 121): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Increasing the size of your Icon cache

Also the TechRepublic you mentioned for more detail:
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-5164407.html

This value is set to 8096 on my PC.

JS
www.pagestart.com


"RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OSzh6eQ8IHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> (I've been Googling but, today is not my Google day !)
>
> ...after working in Adobe Photoshop and sometimes other programs. Even
> after a fresh restart, then using Adobe to work on a photo or two, ...when
> I quit Adobe, it exits fast enough but, Desktop takes ages to refresh,
> i.e. 10 or 15 icons takes ages to turn from like a plain postage stamp to
> their proper little graphic.
> Any idea where I can rummage to tweak this, or is it just the norm. ?
>
> regards, Richard
>

Many thanks for your response,
I have increased "Max Cached Icons" to 2000 bytes, (for some strange reason
MS reccommends this size instead of hex. multiples - 2048 etc._
....and it's all lovely !

regards, Richard


"JS" <@> wrote in message news:e44csLS8IHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> See Kelly's Korner (line 121):
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> Increasing the size of your Icon cache
>
> Also the TechRepublic you mentioned for more detail:
> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-5164407.html
>
> This value is set to 8096 on my PC.
>
> JS
> www.pagestart.com
>
>
> "RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OSzh6eQ8IHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> (I've been Googling but, today is not my Google day !)
>>
>> ...after working in Adobe Photoshop and sometimes other programs. Even
>> after a fresh restart, then using Adobe to work on a photo or two,
>> ...when I quit Adobe, it exits fast enough but, Desktop takes ages to
>> refresh, i.e. 10 or 15 icons takes ages to turn from like a plain postage
>> stamp to their proper little graphic.
>> Any idea where I can rummage to tweak this, or is it just the norm. ?
>>
>> regards, Richard
>>
>
>

You're welcome.

JS

"RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u596$nW8IHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Many thanks for your response,
> I have increased "Max Cached Icons" to 2000 bytes, (for some strange
> reason MS reccommends this size instead of hex. multiples - 2048 etc._
> ...and it's all lovely !
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:e44csLS8IHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> See Kelly's Korner (line 121):
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>> Increasing the size of your Icon cache
>>
>> Also the TechRepublic you mentioned for more detail:
>> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-5164407.html
>>
>> This value is set to 8096 on my PC.
>>
>> JS
>> www.pagestart.com
>>
>>
>> "RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OSzh6eQ8IHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> (I've been Googling but, today is not my Google day !)
>>>
>>> ...after working in Adobe Photoshop and sometimes other programs. Even
>>> after a fresh restart, then using Adobe to work on a photo or two,
>>> ...when I quit Adobe, it exits fast enough but, Desktop takes ages to
>>> refresh, i.e. 10 or 15 icons takes ages to turn from like a plain
>>> postage stamp to their proper little graphic.
>>> Any idea where I can rummage to tweak this, or is it just the norm. ?
>>>
>>> regards, Richard
>>>
>>
>>
>
>