Tuesday Tech Tip: Fix Windows folder unresponsive/slow behavior, green loading bar
Sometimes when you open Windows Explorer you get a green progress bar in the windows location bar. If you find the happening in a particular folder on a regular basis, there is a solution:
Open the folder in question.
Select Properties.
Click the Customize tab.
Windows 8: Choose “General items” from the “Optimize this folder for:” drop-down.
Windows 7: Choose “All items” from the “Use this folder type as template:” drop-down.
Click OK
For a full explanation of the problem and how this fixes the problem, check out the article @ TechSpot.com.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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Sometimes when you open Windows Explorer you get a green progress bar in the windows location bar. If you find the happening in a particular folder on a regular basis, there is a solution: