performance w/ desktop files

[Guest]

Can storing certain files (such as applications’ .exe) or having too many
files on the desktop cause the system to slow down or take longer to boot?
Will using desktop shortcuts to these files stored under Program Files make a
difference?

 

[Roberto]

Yes on all counts
Also some ppl have everything AND the kitchen sink loading at startup,
keep your desktop and program startups lean an mean, only have apps
loading that you realy need. Most can be controlled from within such
as Windows Messenger [tools|options|preferences], if no such options
appear in a particullar program, use msconfig to disable it at startup.

rgds
Roberto

 

[Guest]

To further clarify this - when Windowws loads or refreshes your desktop -
it's got to load or refresh those files - it will slow you down (I had a 3 gB
file on my desktop not too long ago and things did slow down until I deleted
it).

- John

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info… I had a bunch of stuff cluttering up my desktop. Now I
only have a few shortcuts (and IE, which appears to not be movable). My
machine is significantly faster now.
I had suspected that this could be effecting performance, - but I have not
found any tutorials that mention it (beyond getting rid of unused programs).
Most tutorials talk about viruses, disk fragmentation, etc. For months I have
been trying to restore performance (to at-least close to new speed).