Windows 10: Delays in File Explorer while drag and drop over nav pane

Discus and support Delays in File Explorer while drag and drop over nav pane in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; I have noticed a GUI issue with File Explorer that is intermittent. It seems to appear at some times, then a Windows update fixes it, then it comes... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by arachnaut, Sep 28, 2015.

  1. ARACHNAUT
    arachnaut Win User

    Delays in File Explorer while drag and drop over nav pane


    I have noticed a GUI issue with File Explorer that is intermittent. It seems to appear at some times, then a Windows update fixes it, then it comes back in another update.


    The symptom is a long delay when copying files from one File Explorer window to another.


    What happens is this - when the mouse cursor doing the drag passes over the navigation pane on the left side, it usually passes over a drive very briefly. At that moment, the GUI thinks I want to do something on that drive so it pauses a moment to check something, then it goes on again where it left off.


    This does not happen if I copy or cut and paste folders.


    There may be some internal delay value that is used to avoid this sort of thing and it gets changed every now and then.


    I do have a lot of Drives and Volumes, so there's no easy way to avoid passing over them. But I've never been in the habit of copy/paste, so I keep on doing it.


    Does anyone know what can be done about this?

    :)
     
    arachnaut, Sep 28, 2015
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  2. RAMESH SRINIVASAN
    Ramesh Srinivasan Win User

    Why has this QUICK ACCESS icon suddenly shown up on my Desktop?

    One drawback of the tweak is that it breaks drag-drop support in Nav. pane.
     
    Ramesh Srinivasan, Sep 28, 2015
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  3. RAMESH SRINIVASAN
    Ramesh Srinivasan Win User
    Explorer Displaying External HDD Twice

    Hi James,

    Both require editing the registry.

    See the post here by BMTripp for removing the duplicate drives in the nav pane.

    duplicate usb drives in windows 10 file explorer - Microsoft Community

    duplicate usb drives in windows 10 file explorer

    There is a registry edit to remove Quick Access *but* it also removes drag-drop functionality in the navigation pane.

    How to remove Quick access from File Explorer in Windows 10 | Windows Central

    How to remove Quick access from File Explorer in Windows 10

    I’ve noticed that instead of a0600000, if you set it 88000 (0x00088000), you can hide Quick access and at the same time, preserve the drag-drop functionality in the navigation pane. The Quick access icon (the blue star) isn’t removed though, but it appears
    dimmed or ghosted and not as prominent as before.

    http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/remove-quick-access-other-shell-folders-file-explorer/
     
    Ramesh Srinivasan, Sep 28, 2015
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