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Can opening "My Computer" be made faster?
When I open "My Computer" - for example with Windows-E, but I notice it
most when downloading something and my browser has "remembered" somewhere on the wrong drive, so I have to climb the tree up and then down again or use the My Computer button in the save window* - it takes a long time, with the torch waving, before it shows me the list of drives and a couple of things like "my documents". (If done from Win+E, also shows the webcam.) (*Yes, I know browsers can be set to always save in the same place. I don't want that - I want it to ask me where. That would be sidestepping the problem anyway.) I presume it is trying to check for network drives or something, and/or devices like the webcam. Is there no way it can be told not to (or whatever solves this)? For the moment, I have a desktop shortcut to the root of my D: drive, which opens quickly, but may be covered by a window, and it doesn't help in the "save" situation above. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf So, Heresy be damned (well, it would be, wouldn't it?). Radio Times 24-30 July 2010 (page 24) |
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On Sat, 8 Feb 2014 08:46:02 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
When I open "My Computer" - for example with Windows-E, but I notice it most when downloading something and my browser has "remembered" somewhere on the wrong drive, so I have to climb the tree up and then down again or use the My Computer button in the save window* - it takes a long time, with the torch waving, before it shows me the list of drives and a couple of things like "my documents". (If done from Win+E, also shows the webcam.) (*Yes, I know browsers can be set to always save in the same place. I don't want that - I want it to ask me where. That would be sidestepping the problem anyway.) I presume it is trying to check for network drives or something, and/or devices like the webcam. Is there no way it can be told not to (or whatever solves this)? For the moment, I have a desktop shortcut to the root of my D: drive, which opens quickly, but may be covered by a window, and it doesn't help in the "save" situation above. It could be caused by spin-down of drives when they are not in use. Check your power-saving settings (Turn of hard disks). |
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In message , gargoyle60
writes: On Sat, 8 Feb 2014 08:46:02 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: When I open "My Computer" - for example with Windows-E, but I notice it most when downloading something and my browser has "remembered" somewhere on the wrong drive, so I have to climb the tree up and then down again or use the My Computer button in the save window* - it takes a long time, with the torch waving, before it shows me the list of drives and a couple of things like "my documents". (If done from Win+E, also shows the webcam.) (*Yes, I know browsers can be set to always save in the same place. I don't want that - I want it to ask me where. That would be sidestepping the problem anyway.) I presume it is trying to check for network drives or something, and/or devices like the webcam. Is there no way it can be told not to (or whatever solves this)? For the moment, I have a desktop shortcut to the root of my D: drive, which opens quickly, but may be covered by a window, and it doesn't help in the "save" situation above. It could be caused by spin-down of drives when they are not in use. Check your power-saving settings (Turn of hard disks). Thanks, but I don't think it's that: I only have one real drive on this netbook, though it is partitioned. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf What is the point of a really good degree, if you're just like Harold Wilson? That really cut me down to size. - Sister Wendy Becket, on DIDs 2012-12-16 (She, like he, got one of the best degrees at Oxford in her year.) |
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
When I open "My Computer" - for example with Windows-E, but I notice it most when downloading something and my browser has "remembered" somewhere on the wrong drive, so I have to climb the tree up and then down again or use the My Computer button in the save window* - it takes a long time, with the torch waving, before it shows me the list of drives and a couple of things like "my documents". (If done from Win+E, also shows the webcam.) (*Yes, I know browsers can be set to always save in the same place. I don't want that - I want it to ask me where. That would be sidestepping the problem anyway.) I presume it is trying to check for network drives or something, and/or devices like the webcam. Is there no way it can be told not to (or whatever solves this)? For the moment, I have a desktop shortcut to the root of my D: drive, which opens quickly, but may be covered by a window, and it doesn't help in the "save" situation above. This is as close as I could get. GPEDIT usually has a registry component correponding to the desired behavior, which means the registry likely contains the kind of entry needed. But if you do it that way, then *all* Explorer windows could end up that way. Which isn't very flexible. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...9-4892ddc2bd14 “Hide these specified drives in My Computer” I was looking for some command line magic, and the closest I got was explorer /root,, which opens My Computer. This article shows some command line examples of using GUID to do the same thing. However, I don't know if it would be possible to construct a GUID in a flexible way. It wouldn't do you much good, if you needed to manually include or exclude things. Like, plug in an extre hard drive, or map a new network share, then have to "go and fix it" again. (Open My Computer) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc938892.aspx %systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} The drives themselves, if you do properties, either show "Local Disk" or "Network Drive". But I don't see a way to ask explorer, on a one-off request, to open just a certain class of drive. I created a mapped drive on purpose, using a VM as a source of a share to use, and I couldn't prevent it from appearing. Paul |
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"Paul" wrote in message ... J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: When I open "My Computer" - for example with Windows-E, but I notice it most when downloading something and my browser has "remembered" somewhere on the wrong drive, so I have to climb the tree up and then down again or use the My Computer button in the save window* - it takes a long time, with the torch waving, before it shows me the list of drives and a couple of things like "my documents". (If done from Win+E, also shows the webcam.) (*Yes, I know browsers can be set to always save in the same place. I don't want that - I want it to ask me where. That would be sidestepping the problem anyway.) I presume it is trying to check for network drives or something, and/or devices like the webcam. Is there no way it can be told not to (or whatever solves this)? For the moment, I have a desktop shortcut to the root of my D: drive, which opens quickly, but may be covered by a window, and it doesn't help in the "save" situation above. This is as close as I could get. GPEDIT usually has a registry component correponding to the desired behavior, which means the registry likely contains the kind of entry needed. But if you do it that way, then *all* Explorer windows could end up that way. Which isn't very flexible. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...9-4892ddc2bd14 "Hide these specified drives in My Computer" I was looking for some command line magic, and the closest I got was explorer /root,, which opens My Computer. This article shows some command line examples of using GUID to do the same thing. However, I don't know if it would be possible to construct a GUID in a flexible way. It wouldn't do you much good, if you needed to manually include or exclude things. Like, plug in an extre hard drive, or map a new network share, then have to "go and fix it" again. (Open My Computer) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc938892.aspx %systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} The drives themselves, if you do properties, either show "Local Disk" or "Network Drive". But I don't see a way to ask explorer, on a one-off request, to open just a certain class of drive. I created a mapped drive on purpose, using a VM as a source of a share to use, and I couldn't prevent it from appearing. Does unassigning the drive letter in disk management solve the problem? If so, that gives me some ideas. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail 2009 v14 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center |
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In message , BillW50
writes: "Paul" wrote in message ... J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: When I open "My Computer" - for example with Windows-E, but I notice it most when downloading something and my browser has "remembered" somewhere on the wrong drive, so I have to climb the tree up and then down again or use the My Computer button in the save window* - it takes a long time, with the torch waving, before it shows me the list of drives and a couple of things like "my documents". (If done from Win+E, also shows the webcam.) I should have said, it _usually_ takes some time. _Sometimes_, it opens reasonably quickly. And, of course, I haven't determined what makes the difference. [] I presume it is trying to check for network drives or something, and/or devices like the webcam. Is there no way it can be told not to (or whatever solves this)? [] This is as close as I could get. GPEDIT usually has a registry (If that's group policy editor, ISTR something about it not being there in XP Home, only Pro.) [] I was looking for some command line magic, and the closest I got was explorer /root,, which opens My Computer. (Though with the noddy "System Tasks/Other Places/Details" interface in the left pane, rather than the proper tree.) Unfortunately, my system is behaving OK at the moment - both the above command from Run, and ordinary Windows-E, opened in about four seconds. This article shows some command line examples of using GUID to do the same thing. However, I don't know if it would be possible to construct a GUID in a flexible way. It wouldn't do you much good, if you needed to manually include or exclude things. Like, plug in an extre hard drive, or map a new network share, then have to "go and fix it" again. (Open My Computer) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc938892.aspx %systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} I'm wondering if you misunderstand me? That, from the article, seems to be "To open Windows Explorer with My Computer selected"; I have no problem doing that, as Windows-E - or, the My Computer button in the save window when doing a save (from e. g. Firefox) - do that. It's just that having _done_ it, there's often a delay before the list of drives appear. The drives themselves, if you do properties, either show "Local Disk" or "Network Drive". But I don't see a way to ask explorer, on a one-off request, to open just a certain class of drive. I created a mapped drive on purpose, using a VM as a source of a share to use, and I couldn't prevent it from appearing. Does unassigning the drive letter in disk management solve the problem? If so, that gives me some ideas. "the" drive letter? Normally, I'm just using this machine - an XP netbook, with one physical drive partitioned as C and D (plus maybe a hidden) - in normal mode, with no USB drives/cards, or network (apart from the wifi - and there are no other computers on that) plugged in. It's just that when I hit Win+E, an explorer window opens, but sometimes there's an appreciable delay - with the torch (flashlight) swinging - before it settles down. Not a great problem, I can live with it - I just wondered if there was a known solution! (My suggestion that it might be looking for network drives was purely a _guess_.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "Bother," said the Borg, "we assimilated a Pooh." |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ...
For the moment, I have a desktop shortcut to the root of my D: drive, which opens quickly, but may be covered by a window, and it doesn't help in the "save" situation above. Me too And on E:, F: dirves folder too Just to Opens Quickly I have to say that adding shortcut to the root of drives, Make a folder on root name it "A1" for your Shortcuts Add list of needed Shortcuts desktop My Computer and any Shortcuts you need in a Two chicks a way and A-1 will always be on top |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ...
When I open "My Computer" - for example with Windows-E, but I notice it most when downloading something and my browser has "remembered" somewhere on the wrong drive, so I have to climb the tree up and then down again or use the My Computer button in the save window* - it takes a long time, with the torch waving, before it shows me the list of drives and a couple of things like "my documents". (If done from Win+E, also shows the webcam.) (*Yes, I know browsers can be set to always save in the same place. I don't want that - I want it to ask me where. That would be sidestepping the problem anyway.) I presume it is trying to check for network drives or something, and/or devices like the webcam. Is there no way it can be told not to (or whatever solves this)? For the moment, I have a desktop shortcut to the root of my D: drive, which opens quickly, but may be covered by a window, and it doesn't help in the "save" situation above. J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf To remove unwanted network drives, right-click and select "Disconnect". Also, as mentioned by other posters, check your hard drive settings under "Control Panel", "Power Options" and, if necessary, increase the time to power down. Ben |
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In message , Hot-Text
writes: [] Make a folder on root name it "A1" for your Shortcuts Add list of needed Shortcuts desktop My Computer and any Shortcuts you need in a Two chicks a way and A-1 will always be on top No, "!" will always be on top (-: -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. - Jules Renard, writer (1864-1910) |
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In message , Ben Myers
writes: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ... When I open "My Computer" - for example with Windows-E, but I notice it [] I presume it is trying to check for network drives or something, and/or devices like the webcam. Is there no way it can be told not to (or whatever solves this)? That was just my _guess_ at the reason. For the moment, I have a desktop shortcut to the root of my D: drive, which opens quickly, but may be covered by a window, and it doesn't help in the "save" situation above. J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf To remove unwanted network drives, right-click and select "Disconnect". I don't have any such drives (I don't think I ever have: I've only ever had the two partitions of the hard drive, and the odd USB and card, with neither of the latter showing up at the moment). Also, as mentioned by other posters, check your hard drive settings under "Control Panel", "Power Options" and, if necessary, increase the time to power down. Already set to Never when plugged in, and 30 minutes when on battery, so I don't think that'd help. Ben Thanks for trying anyway! -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. - Jules Renard, writer (1864-1910) |
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On Sat, 8 Feb 2014 08:46:02 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: When I open "My Computer" - for example with Windows-E, but I notice it most when downloading something and my browser has "remembered" somewhere on the wrong drive, so I have to climb the tree up and then down again or use the My Computer button in the save window* - it takes \ I don't follow this. When do you have to start this climbiing? What are you doing. Not sure if this is related, but with PowerDesk6 comes a program called Dialog Helper and it keeps a record of past used directorys and files, under two little boxes in the blue margin at the top of the pop-up box when one has to Open a directory for saving, or other purposes. So it's only one click and one step from wherever you are to where you want to go, if you've been there before. It's free, and it was free from the company that wrote it, but periodically the company that has it now wants money, Please don't pay for it. Besides Windows itself, I haven't bought too much software but I bought two non-cheap programs from V-Com and not only did both fail, they both screwed me up. One lost a whole GB of data, out of 3. And the other, which I think was an OS selector was incredibly hard to use. I should have bought a competitor but I fell for their claims. I think PowerDesk6 is the latest version that will work with XP. It's good too, with lots more functionality than windows explorer, including more versatility in views, built in unzpper and zipper, and the display includes Control Panel and other things WE doesn't have, except for video image of the camera, which WE does have but PD6 doesn't. YOu can set up PD to replace WE, or not to, or use it half the time, by clicking on its icon instead of WE, but letting calls to WE continue to go to WE. I do the third choice but sometimes I think I should do the first. But Dialog Helper is very simple, never causes problems in 10+ years (I got it first from another company.) You may have to check a box during installation of PD6 to get DH. google powerdesk6 download . Version 6.0.1.3 or sometimes they call it 6.0.13. a long time, with the torch waving, before it shows me the list of drives and a couple of things like "my documents". (If done from Win+E, also shows the webcam.) (*Yes, I know browsers can be set to always save in the same place. I don't want that - I want it to ask me where. That would be sidestepping the problem anyway.) I presume it is trying to check for network drives or something, and/or devices like the webcam. Is there no way it can be told not to (or whatever solves this)? For the moment, I have a desktop shortcut to the root of my D: drive, which opens quickly, but may be covered by a window, and it doesn't help in the "save" situation above. |
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , BillW50 writes: "Paul" wrote in message ... J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: When I open "My Computer" - for example with Windows-E, but I notice it most when downloading something and my browser has "remembered" somewhere on the wrong drive, so I have to climb the tree up and then down again or use the My Computer button in the save window* - it takes a long time, with the torch waving, before it shows me the list of drives and a couple of things like "my documents". (If done from Win+E, also shows the webcam.) I should have said, it _usually_ takes some time. _Sometimes_, it opens reasonably quickly. And, of course, I haven't determined what makes the difference. [] I presume it is trying to check for network drives or something, and/or devices like the webcam. Is there no way it can be told not to (or whatever solves this)? [] This is as close as I could get. GPEDIT usually has a registry (If that's group policy editor, ISTR something about it not being there in XP Home, only Pro.) [] I was looking for some command line magic, and the closest I got was explorer /root,, which opens My Computer. (Though with the noddy "System Tasks/Other Places/Details" interface in the left pane, rather than the proper tree.) Unfortunately, my system is behaving OK at the moment - both the above command from Run, and ordinary Windows-E, opened in about four seconds. This article shows some command line examples of using GUID to do the same thing. However, I don't know if it would be possible to construct a GUID in a flexible way. It wouldn't do you much good, if you needed to manually include or exclude things. Like, plug in an extre hard drive, or map a new network share, then have to "go and fix it" again. (Open My Computer) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc938892.aspx %systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} I'm wondering if you misunderstand me? That, from the article, seems to be "To open Windows Explorer with My Computer selected"; I have no problem doing that, as Windows-E - or, the My Computer button in the save window when doing a save (from e. g. Firefox) - do that. It's just that having _done_ it, there's often a delay before the list of drives appear. The drives themselves, if you do properties, either show "Local Disk" or "Network Drive". But I don't see a way to ask explorer, on a one-off request, to open just a certain class of drive. I created a mapped drive on purpose, using a VM as a source of a share to use, and I couldn't prevent it from appearing. Does unassigning the drive letter in disk management solve the problem? If so, that gives me some ideas. "the" drive letter? Normally, I'm just using this machine - an XP netbook, with one physical drive partitioned as C and D (plus maybe a hidden) - in normal mode, with no USB drives/cards, or network (apart from the wifi - and there are no other computers on that) plugged in. It's just that when I hit Win+E, an explorer window opens, but sometimes there's an appreciable delay - with the torch (flashlight) swinging - before it settles down. Not a great problem, I can live with it - I just wondered if there was a known solution! (My suggestion that it might be looking for network drives was purely a _guess_.) It's possible I did mis-interpreted the question, and concentrate too much on Explorer itself (on the title of the post). The File Save Dialog, might have some weird behaviors of its own. Someone at the bottom of this thread, noticed removing a network bridge fixed it. So just a modification to networking itself, can break it. http://forums.techarena.in/ms-office-support/752499.htm Maybe there is some difference, between the things an application remembers, and the main Explorer window ? Paul |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ...
In message , Hot-Text writes: Make a folder on root name it "A1" for your Shortcuts Add list of needed Shortcuts desktop My Computer and any Shortcuts you need in a Two chicks a way and A-1 will always be on top No, "!" will always be on top (-: JP-Shortcuts J. P. here at MPWG As for given out good info You are one of are Top 4 I just hope one of these days I'll be able to kiss The bottom of your Feet So the Folder name will be Look up |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ...
In message , Ben Myers writes: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ... When I open "My Computer" - for example with Windows-E, but I notice it I presume it is trying to check for network drives or something, and/or devices like the webcam. Is there no way it can be told not to (or whatever solves this)? That was just my _guess_ at the reason. How about a DVD Player For my Samsung have Network drives on my HPMC-PC So that I can view my Moves On my HDTV For the moment, I have a desktop shortcut to the root of my D: drive, which opens quickly, but may be covered by a window, and it doesn't help in the "save" situation above. J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf To remove unwanted network drives, right-click and select "Disconnect". I don't have any such drives (I don't think I ever have: I've only ever had the two partitions of the hard drive, and the odd USB and card, with neither of the latter showing up at the moment). Also, as mentioned by other posters, check your hard drive settings under "Control Panel", "Power Options" and, if necessary, increase the time to power down. Already set to Never when plugged in, and 30 minutes when on battery, so I don't think that'd help. Ben Thanks for trying anyway! |
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"micky" wrote in message ... I think PowerDesk6 is the latest version that will work with XP. It's good too, with lots more functionality than windows explorer, including more versatility in views, built in unzpper and zipper, and the display includes Control Panel and other things WE doesn't have, except for video image of the camera, which WE does have but PD6 doesn't. YOu can set up PD to replace WE, or not to, or use it half the time, by clicking on its icon instead of WE, but letting calls to WE continue to go to WE. I do the third choice but sometimes I think I should do the first. But Dialog Helper is very simple, never causes problems in 10+ years (I got it first from another company.) You may have to check a box during installation of PD6 to get DH. If you like that one, you might also like AnVir Task Manager. It comes in two flavors, free and commercial. It does many different things, but one thing is that it adds a button in those open/save dialog boxes. And lists the most common folders that you use. This makes it very fast going to your most used folders. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail 2009 v14 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center |
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