Downloads folder opening slow on Windows 7? Easy fix…



July 7, 2012 by Tech Tutorials

I had pretty much just accepted that the dowloads folder was just slow to open ’cause it hates me…

It doesn’t even need to have much in it. A couple small files and you may find that the default Windows 7 Downloads folder takes several seconds longer than every other folder to open up.

Well, I decided to see if anyone had a solution for this. I found one. And it just so happens to be the easiest, stupidest thing I could have imagined.

Fix Your Slow Win 7 Downloads Folder

  1. Open a Windows Explorer window
  2.  Go to Computer > (C:) > Users > You, and Right-click on Downloads folder
  3.  Select Properties
  4. Select Customize
  5.  ”Optimize” the folder for Documents
  6. Click Apply, then OK

Well that was easy…

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  • Abdul Basit Dalvi

    i dont know abt u guys but i think its something related to icons loading not thumbnails.

    This is what i did and it worked

    copy pasted te link in my browser for eg: te folder E:software wasnt opening for me
    so i copy pasted E:software in my browser and it opened in less tan a milisecond :P

    k not that fast but faster tan te 1-2 mins it took to load those icons

    te only prob i had wit tis was i had to ctrl+f to find any file
    hope it helps, cause it sure helped me :D

  • Chuck

    Worked perfectly! Thanks!!!

  • anonymous

    Thank you so much!