Windows 10: Downloads Folder takes forever to open - tried everything!

Discus and support Downloads Folder takes forever to open - tried everything! in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hallo,My downloads folder takes forever to open, sometimes minutes before it has loaded every item.It is a common problem, and I've googled for answers... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Riaan26, Mar 14, 2018.

  1. Riaan26 Win User

    Downloads Folder takes forever to open - tried everything!


    Hallo,My downloads folder takes forever to open, sometimes minutes before it has loaded every item.It is a common problem, and I've googled for answers but none of them seem to help. I've tried to right click on properties, and under customize set to general items, didn't work. I clicked on File Explorer and changed "show or hide" File extensions, but didn't work.Any suggestions?! Thanks!!

    :)
     
    Riaan26, Mar 14, 2018
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  2. rob2e Win User

    .exe files are taking a LONG time to open.

    For the life of me! I open as an administrator, or not. I've tried everything. The .exe file opens, but it just takes forever.

    I have a new PC, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD HD, Windows build 10.0.16299 Pro

    Why would this be happening?
     
    rob2e, Mar 14, 2018
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  3. 10 is making my computer sluggish. Super frustrated!

    Everything is moving slow. Every page I open has to be recovered several times. And they take forever to open. It takes an hour to read a few articles. What gives? It feels like there's processes happening slowing everything down
     
    thomrichart, Mar 14, 2018
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  4. pyramid10 Win User

    Downloads Folder takes forever to open - tried everything!

    Possibly the volume (the number of files) needs to be trimmed or divided among several sub-folders.

    The volume could also be complicated by a file or two with non-standard naming protocols.
     
    pyramid10, Mar 14, 2018
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  5. Check the folder attributes of that Downloads folder.
    Right-click the folder, choose Properties, and in the popup go to the Customize tab.

    It asks "What kind of folder do you want?"
    You can choose General Items, Documents, Pictures, Music, or Videos.
    I've found that Documents works well sometimes, but General Items works better at other times.

    Someone else here might be able to describe how and why this makes a difference.
    But even without knowing why, it might solve your problem just by changing the folder type.

    If that doesn't help there is a last-resort possible fix.
    Open the Downloads folder in Explorer (and, because yours is slow, you wait a while).
    Then, in the View menu ... pull down the Options menu and choose "Change folder and search options".
    In the popup choose the View tab.
    In the checkbox area, checkmark the circle called "Show hidden files, folders, and drives".
    Farther down uncheck the box called "Hide protected operating system files".
    Click OK. Press the F5 key to refresh the Explorer window.
    You should now see a file called "desktop.ini" in the Downloads folder.
    Delete it (or change its name).
    Then, to put things back ... repeat the "Change folder and search options" activity, and put the checkboxes back the way they were:
    --> "Don't show hidden files" and checkmark on "Hide protected operating system files"
    This might solve your slowness problem.
     
    margrave55, Mar 14, 2018
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  6. Riaan26 Win User
    Thanks margrave55, the dektop.ini suggestion worked once, but upon return to the laptop this morning there still is no change. I am going to empty out the downloads folder, and start over again, i will report back.
     
    Riaan26, Mar 15, 2018
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  7. CountMike New Member
    I usually make a Download folder in another disk/root partition and point browsers to it. Much easier than to dig thru to get default place.
     
    CountMike, Apr 4, 2018
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