"My Pictures" folder

[Guest]

Lately operations in "My PIctures" folder have become very sluggish. It used
to take about one second to save a picture from a web site or an e-mail
message and it takes now about twenty seconds! Movement of images within "my
pictures" has also slowed down considerably and very often I get the message
"My pictures is not responding".
Can an one help me in bringing back "My PIctures" to its original agility?

 

[John Inzer]

Lately operations in "My PIctures" folder have become very sluggish.
It used to take about one second to save a picture from a web site or
an e-mail message and it takes now about twenty seconds! Movement of
images within "my pictures" has also slowed down considerably and
very often I get the message "My pictures is not responding".
Can an one help me in bringing back "My PIctures" to its original
agility?

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Have you installed any new software or updates?

If this is a recent development...it may be worth a
try to do a system restore to a time before it began.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
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me may not work for you

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[Guest]

Thanks John. I tried system restore when the problem first appeared but it
didn't correct the problem.

 

[Jim]

Lately operations in "My PIctures" folder have become very sluggish. It
used
to take about one second to save a picture from a web site or an e-mail
message and it takes now about twenty seconds! Movement of images within
"my
pictures" has also slowed down considerably and very often I get the
message
"My pictures is not responding".
Can an one help me in bringing back "My PIctures" to its original agility?

How many files are located in this folder?
Jim

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks John. I tried system restore
when the problem first appeared
but it didn't correct the problem.

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So back to the question...

Have you installed any new software or updates?
Virus programs? Image editing software?

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Guest]

--
FrankG

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So back to the question...

Have you installed any new software or updates?
Virus programs? Image editing software?

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Guest]

None of that John, excepting whatever automatic updates may have come in
from Microsoft or Windows.

 

[Guest]

--About two hundred.

FrankG

How many files are located in this folder?
Jim

 

[John Inzer]

None of that John, excepting whatever
automatic updates may have come in
from Microsoft or Windows.

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Do you happen to have Adobe PhotoShop or
Elements installed?

If you do...right click on a .jpg file and choose
Properties. Click the Photoshop Image tab
and uncheck the "Generate Thumbnails" button,
then click OK.

And...maybe some maintenance would help:

(260897) How to Delete the Contents of the
Temporary Internet Files Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260897

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Guest]

I have neither Adobe Photoshp nor Elements in my computer. The maintenance
steps you indicate, plus others, I perform regularly once a month.
Thanks for you goodwill,
Frank

 

[Jim]

--About two hundred.

FrankG

Ok, so my only idea is not the cause of your problem.
Jim

 

[John Inzer]

I have neither Adobe Photoshp nor Elements in my computer. The
maintenance steps you indicate, plus others, I perform regularly once
a month.
Thanks for you goodwill,
Frank

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Try the following steps and see if you
find anything:

Originally posted by Yves:

Click on Start and Search and then:
All files and folders
More advanced options
Search system folders
Search hidden files and folders
Search subfolders

In the top textbox "All or part..."
type in exactly this OLK*
and click search

This search will take a while but should
return all folders starting with OLK.

Open the folders, select the files and delete.
They will go to your Recycle bin, delete them
from there also. Or, hold the Shift key down
when you delete them in order to prevent them
from going into your Recycle bin.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk