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by raned

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Why has opening and working with files in My Documents folder on Win 98 PC slowed to a crawl?

I ended up creating a new folder and dumping all the files from My Docs to this new folder and things work fine now. After emptying My Docs folder into the new folder named "My Files" and rebooting, I then put the files back into My Docs folder to see if this would improve the slow down. However, My Docs folder opperated again like molasses has been mixed in with the files. Will I ever be able to use My Docs folder again?

Thanks,

Randy

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by dmiles

You will be able to use the My Docs folder,yet it seems that you will need to perform maintenance to store the documents inn another folder that you want to keep

You may be expierencing a slow down due to recent downloaded programs that are stillresiding in the My Documents folder,delete all recent downloads from the Documents folder

by gw_bergeron

Check the Other 3 folders also. Windows doesn'T always do what it was programed to do.
In Windows Explorer delete files in the Cookies folder, Temp Folder & Temopary Internet folder.
Don't rely on disk clean, or the Empty Temporary Internet files button, found in your browser.
You may have to run dfrag if you add and delete alot of items. The number of items can matter more than the total size of the items.

by raned

I'm going to answer this one myself. After rooting around support sites, I found the answer to my problem:

A bug exists in Symantec's CleanSweep program. I had installed Norton's SystemWorks, which includes Cleansweep, prior to the onset of myproblem. The bug is documented at Symantec's support site and the solution is to disable the Automatic CleanSweep function. I did this and everything is back to normal.

So, there you have it! If your "My Documents" folder files open at a slugs pace and you recently installed System Works . . . read the above.

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