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Windows 7 Explorer scanning folder when opening the folder
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In Windows 7 - as seen in the above screenshot - while opening a folder in Explorer, it seems the OS scans (indexes?) the folder as well. It therefore causes some undesirable delay. Can anyone advise what exactly the OS is doing? What does the green progress bar mean? Is it recommended to disable t…
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Fix for: Windows 7 Explorer scanning folder when opening the folder
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Your folder is "customized" to display images, movies, etc, so Windows keeps scanning the folder every time you open it to give you thumbnails, etc. To stop Windows from re-scanning the folder each time: Right click the folder, select properties. Se…
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