Icon Cache

[GimieGimieGimie]

Now, i'm very new to this board, and haven't had much time to check which subjects/topics have already been covered that could answer my question but here goes:

Can someone tell me how to disable the icons constantly wanting to refresh everytime a window is maximized or minimized.

I would also like to know the reason for such a stupid function, as it only results in major slows downs of graphics reloading.

Many thanks

Gimie

[Drewdatrip]

Well first off, the rebuilding ov your icons is sort of a standared thing....the slowing effect might be casue by your hardware....Can you give us your hardware config? that might be the reason.

Also, if you want to modify the intervals in which they do rebuild, you can use a program by the name of X-Setup

http://www.xteq.com/downloads/#xset

its a pretty decent tweak app, and has many fuctions more then the one you mentioned.

Goodluck

-Drew

[Tom_Keefer]

Increasing your icon cache might help. Here's a registry tweak , be sure to back up registry first.

Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, called "Max Cached Icons" and set it to "8192". This will increase the icon cache to 8MB (8192kb). Note: I have mine set @ 2000 and that setting did the job so you might try a smaller value first.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Registry Settings

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

Value Name: Max Cached Icons

Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)

Value Data: 8192

[piaqt]

Try tweakui (MS XP powertoys) or x-teq 6.2. (xteq.com's kinda slow--get it from http://www.majorgeeks.com). They're each free, and have clear/rebuild iconcache settings.