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desktop disappears, temporarily
Name: brian Date: December 5, 2003 at 08:38:59 Pacific OS: winxp pro sp1 CPU/Ram: p4 2.6 512DDR
Comment:
hi,
im using windows xp professional with sp1 installed. every now and then, when i try to open up "my computer" the entire desktop disappears for a while, leaving only the wallpaper. then about 10 seconds later, it all reappears, exxcept for a few items in the system tray. this doesnt seem to be harmful, but its annoying. it happens about every hour. any ideas? thanks
Name: rayj17345 Date: January 4, 2004 at 09:48:19 Pacific
Reply:
Do you have alot of icons on your desktop. I was having the exact same problem and it seemed to get worse with each new icon I placed on my desktop. My problem seems to be solved now. I increased my icon cache. Search the web to find out how to increase it. I changed mine to 10000. It is a simple 1 line registry edit. If you have any problems let me know or if you dont want to edit your registry I can write you the file so all you have to do is click on it. Let me know how goes. My desktop refreshes so quick now I dont hardly even see the icons flash and no loss in my system tray.
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