matt Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 windows 7 downloading files and games is extremely slow Operating system:Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) System root: C:\Windows Available physical memory: 3838 MB CPU: AMD Athlon II Dual-Core M300 Drive Info: C: 286.27 GB Internet Explorer: 9.0 janettefb3 and dywtnuec 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayzx Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Open the Start menu Click the user account name in the upper part of the right pane In the Explorer window that opens, right-click the Downloads folder Select “Properties” Select the tab “Customize” Under “Optimize this folder for:" open the drop-down menu, as shown in the figure below Choose “General items” Click “OK” (Button not shown in the figure) Close the Properties dialog Note that this procedure can be applied to other folders as well. If you have a folder with some pictures mixed in with other types of file, Windows may sometimes decide to treat the folder as a pictures folder and cause it to open slowly. Then you should customize the folder for general items. Of course, Windows being Windows, there may be a little glitch now and then. Sometimes, Windows will forget which way you designated a folder. So you have to do it over again. ------- Thumbnails slows it down also, If you have no need to see thumbnails you can always disable them: To do this, in any normal folder, tap "Alt", select "Tools" from the menu bar, then "Options". Put a check mark next to "always show icons, never show thumbnails". I also recommend UNchecking "Hide extensions for known file types". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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