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Do shortcuts and folders on the desktop really slow the PC down?

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 202637915 views
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Normally whenever I repair a PC I tell the customer that they should limit the amount shortcuts or folders or files that they place on the desktop to speed up performance (it also really annoys me with all the clutter). I just discovered, as many of you may have, the wonderful free program fences t…

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Right now i'm working on linux, but i had fences installed in my home system. Having a lot of icons does not slow down your system per se, because the worst case scenario is each icon occupying a few kb of the memory. But it slows down operations li…

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