Indicate Expandable Branches In File Manager Causes Delay

ID: Q143154

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51

SYMPTOMS

File Manager performance is excessively slow and causes delays in displaying directories in extremely large directory structures. Every time a directory is opened, you see the "Directories read:" message in the lower- left corner of File Manager.

CAUSE

When Indicate Expandable Branches (on the Tree menu) is enabled in File Manager, it must open every directory and do a FindFirstFile() to determine if subdirectories exist (that is, the "+" on the directory folders in File Manager when Indicate Expandable Branches is enabled).

If Indicate Expandable Branches is not enabled, File Manager uses the directory list it has already received. This setting is saved in the user's profile.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords : kbnetwork ntfilesys NTSrvWkst
Version : 3.5 3.51
Platform : winnt
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