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Long delay after deleting files - Win98

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by cvjack 1 view

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Hello,

O/S - Win98SE - with all MS updates

The problem: When using Windows Explorer to delete files and/or folders, after the delete process ends, Explorer freezes for a full minute or two before allowing me to do anything else. This happens whether or not I use the recycle bin or shift-delete. Otherwise the system runs fine. Also, the problem is a little bit intermittent. Sometimes I can delete without any delay at all. I've seen this happen on more than one system but only with Win98SE.

What I've tried so far: A thorough Scandisk on all three of my hard drives. Defragged them all. Re-ran the Win98 setup. Did all the MS updates, except for Media Player 9. Ran msconfig and got rid of all the start-up programs. Also, I've made sure that memory was free by using memturbo - I currently have 512MB ofr DDR/PC-2700.

Since first encountering this problem, I've upgraded the motherboard & processor, changed the RAM from PC-133 to DDR-2700, swapped out all three hard drives (IBM Deskstar 60GB), upgraded video to GeForce Ti4200 and have a new NIC. I'm totally stumped with this one. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in Advance,
Jack Cambest

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by saihib

My suggestion is this: You have way too much memory for your OS. Win98 SE can't handle it. Go to Win2K or XP. Win9X inability to handle memory above 512MB is well documented>

by cvjack

Thanks for the advice but 90% of my customers still use Win98 so I have to stick with it for now. FYI, I've had 128, 256, 384, 512, 768 & 1024 MB of RAM installed in my system and the delay problem was the same throughout.

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