My Pictures XP menu entry

[GasMan]

Hi,

A friend has a problem with the above and so far I have not been able
to work out what is causing it, and so I am asking if anyone has had
the same problem and a fix.?

My same friend claimed that his computer was running slow when he went
into My Pictures. I tracked it down to just that, My Documents and
other entries on the menu work fine and very fast. I created a
shortcut which also works very fast. However the menu entry link for
My Pictures makes explorer.exe take the cpu for over 90% and does so
for 30 to 40 seconds or so.

AVG8 does not report any virus.

For now I've asked him to use my shorcut and removed the menu entry.
Is there a way I can replace the link in the menu with my shortcut ?,
or does anyone have a solution to this.?

TIA
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[Howard B]

I have the exact same problem. A shortcut works very fast-- I can quickly
open from within Photoshop Elements, as well. I can also open up an exact
copy of My Pictures almost instantly from my external drive.

Did you ever 'solve' your problem? How?

Best,

Howard

 

[John Inzer]

I have the exact same problem. A shortcut works very fast-- I can
quickly open from within Photoshop Elements, as well. I can also
open up an exact copy of My Pictures almost instantly from my
external drive.

Did you ever 'solve' your problem? How?

Best,

Howard

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Maybe the following steps would be worth a try.

1) Open a folder that contains .jpg files...

2) Right click a .jpg file and choose Properties...

3) Click the Photoshop Image tab...

4) Uncheck the "Generate Thumbnails" button...

5) Click OK...

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[Howard B]

I have Photoshop Elements 6.0, not the full Photoshop CS program. I don't
get that tab when I right click on a jpg as an option.

Howard

 

[John Inzer]

I have Photoshop Elements 6.0, not the full Photoshop CS program. I
don't get that tab when I right click on a jpg as an option.

Howard

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Doesn't have to be the full version of Adobe.

I would say try the steps again...maybe on a
different file.

And maybe that's not even the problem.

Good luck.

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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