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"Downloads" folder takes minutes to load in Windows Explorer
I am having trouble just viewing the "Downloads" folder in Windows Explorer It used to just be a periodic thing, now it takes literally 2-5 minutes to load this folder! (I cannot even sort it while it is loading!)
I noticed in Resource Monitor that "MsMpEng.exe" (Microsoft Security Essentials) is checking each and every file in there everytime I open it. (Hundreds of line-items in Resource Monitor.)
So something must be flagging most of these files as changed or something so that MSE is going in and re-scanning everything.
Does anyone know what causes this and how I can fix it?
Here are some [perhaps ] pertinant notes about my Downloads Folder:
- It is very large, with almost 1,000 items. However, I want to keep it large as I have many apps running directly from the folder. (There are of course sub-folders for organization, but I find having a single download spot is good for catching things I may have already downloaded...)
- I have it mapped from C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Downloads to D:\...\Downloads (My C: drive is an SSD so I keep this large amount of data off it.)
- I made sure to add this to the Windows Index.\
- The "Date Accessed" date is updated to today for about 1/3 of the files (300 or so) even though I am only really accessing no more than 3-10 per day. It does not seem to matter what type of file it is (exe, zip, etc...)
- I added this to my "Favorites"; however, this happens regardless of if I access the folder via Favorites, [USERNAME]/Downloads, or d:\...\Downloads.
- I generally add stuff to that folder via Google Chrome. However, I could not catch the Chrome process doing anything weird or anything when downloading something.
Here is a thread with a similar problem; however, it is not resolved: delay on folder loading
Thanks much in advance for your help! As you can imagine this is unbearable!
MikeY