Mass copy or delete

[Guest]

When using Windows Explorer to copy or delete more then 175 files at a time,
I get a message that Explorer encountered a problem and needs to close and
Explorer shuts down.
If I need to delete 1000 files, I need to do it 150 files at a time.
Is there a setting somewhere i can modify?

Thanks

 

[Mark F.]

When using Windows Explorer to copy or delete more then 175 files at a
time,
I get a message that Explorer encountered a problem and needs to close and
Explorer shuts down.
If I need to delete 1000 files, I need to do it 150 files at a time.
Is there a setting somewhere i can modify?

Thanks

You may not have enough free space on the hard drive. Windows relies on
having free disk space for it's page file, which is a temporary cache space
for disk I/O. Even PC's with 2GB of ram will need to have a decent sized
page file. Usually about 1.5 times the size of the installed ram. Open My
Computer and right-click the drive icon. Select "Properties". The General
tab shows the free space.

Mark

 

[Guest]

You may not have enough free space on the hard drive. Windows relies on
having free disk space for it's page file, which is a temporary cache space
for disk I/O. Even PC's with 2GB of ram will need to have a decent sized
page file. Usually about 1.5 times the size of the installed ram. Open My
Computer and right-click the drive icon. Select "Properties". The General
tab shows the free space.

Mark

Thanks for the reponse, but my free spce is 62Gb on a 100Gb drive. I don't think that's the issue.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Mark F. wrote:

You may not have enough free space on the hard drive. Windows relies
on having free disk space for it's page file, which is a temporary
cache space for disk I/O.

No, it's not "temporary cache space," or any kind of caching at all. In
fact, paging is almost the exact *opposite* of caching.

Caching is using a faster medium in place of a slower one (usually either
RAM instead of disk, or high-speed RAM instead of ordinary RAM) to speed up
operations. Paging is using a slower medium instead of a faster one (disk
instead of RAM), which slows down operations, but makes it possible to do
more than you could with the limited RAM you have.

Even PC's with 2GB of ram will need to have
a decent sized page file. Usually about 1.5 times the size of the
installed ram.

Although that 1.5 times the installed RAM is the default, it's not a good
one. Since the page file substitutes for RAM, the more RAM you have, the
*less* page file you need. The default exists only to provide space for a
full dump, which isn't normally needed.

For more information on the page file, this article by the late MVP, Alex
Nichol, is excellent: "Virtual Memory in Windows XP" at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

 

[Poprivet]

When using Windows Explorer to copy or delete more then 175 files at
a time, I get a message that Explorer encountered a problem and needs
to close and Explorer shuts down.
If I need to delete 1000 files, I need to do it 150 files at a time.
Is there a setting somewhere i can modify?

Thanks

Hmm, no, that's not a RAM or disc space problem from what I've seen of your
posts. You might find some hints by looking in Event Viewer for errors.
It's usually found in control panel under Adminstrative Tools. IF it's not
there, check Start; Help & Support for its location and how to use it. Look
under the System tab first.

HTH
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[Guest]

The event viewer says it a faulting module 'shlwapi.dll"
Now what?

Thanks

 

[Poprivet]

The event viewer says it a faulting module 'shlwapi.dll"
Now what?

Thanks

Hmm, you might try downloading a new version of it so you have the latest.
Assuming you have SP2, this might help too:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883791

IF you don't have SP2 there is no help I can give.

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[Guest]

Thanks a lot for your help and just for the record, let me tell you the
following:

My Windows is up to date
That .dll is the same version as on my desktop and I have no problems with my desktop.
I spoke to several Windows 'gurus' and they have no idea.
I called Dell where my laptop is from and they never heard of it.
I tried it in safe mode with the same results

I guess paying for Microsoft support is my only option.

Thanks again.