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Article ID: 153114 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 1.3
Opening a Folder Takes a Long Time
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When you open a folder in Microsoft Explorer on a drive using the FAT32
file system, one or both of the following symptoms may occur:
- It may seem to take an unusually long time before the window is
accessible.
- The Working in Background pointer may appear for a long time.
The total space used by all directory entries in the folder exceeds 32K.
To resolve this issue, move some files to a different folder.
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Microsoft Explorer parses the directory entries in the FAT completely
before displaying the files.
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