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Brian L Johnson
Vista Home Premium 32
I can't seem to copy, move or delete (or, in fact, do anything) a bunch of
MOV and AVI files. There sizes range from 200KB to 3+GB.
What seems to happen is that as soon as I open an Explorer window with
these files in, the indexing bar starts up and never finishes. It gets
slower and slower and s l o w e r a n d s l o w e r, and it
never reaches the right-hand edge. (I've left it for several hours to
complete. No dice.)
This means that whenever I try to do anything with these files, the
dreaded 'Calculating..." box comes up and just stays there (for many
hours).
I've tried from a 'DOS' prompt and I've installed Total Commander and it's
the same: nothing seems to want to touch them.
A Safe Mode command window *does* work, however. That's not a solution
though, is it?
I've already ensured that MOV and AVI files are excluded from my indexing
filetypes, so I'm at a loss to understand why the green indexing bar
starts at all when looking at these files.
Anyone any clues? Solutions? Fixes?
TIA.
I can't seem to copy, move or delete (or, in fact, do anything) a bunch of
MOV and AVI files. There sizes range from 200KB to 3+GB.
What seems to happen is that as soon as I open an Explorer window with
these files in, the indexing bar starts up and never finishes. It gets
slower and slower and s l o w e r a n d s l o w e r, and it
never reaches the right-hand edge. (I've left it for several hours to
complete. No dice.)
This means that whenever I try to do anything with these files, the
dreaded 'Calculating..." box comes up and just stays there (for many
hours).
I've tried from a 'DOS' prompt and I've installed Total Commander and it's
the same: nothing seems to want to touch them.
A Safe Mode command window *does* work, however. That's not a solution
though, is it?
I've already ensured that MOV and AVI files are excluded from my indexing
filetypes, so I'm at a loss to understand why the green indexing bar
starts at all when looking at these files.
Anyone any clues? Solutions? Fixes?
TIA.