Windows 10: Folder icons load slowly when opening the Start Menu

Hello everyone,

I have a laptop (Dell E7440 -i5 4300U with onboard graphics, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) with fully updated Windows 10 Pro x64 installed.

After upgrading (through Windows Update) to 1607, I noticed that almost every time I open the start menu, the folder icons will load after a couple of seconds. Every other app/program icon, will load immediately.
This was very displeasing to the eye, so I decided to make a clean install of the latest Windows 10, by downloading them through Microsoft official tool. To my surprise, I face the same problem when I open the start menu.

On my Windows 10 desktop, every icon loads instantly, as it should...

Anyone noticed something similar? Is there any possible solution for this?
It's my first post here, so sorry in advance for any inconvenience!

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How to add an updated app to the default list?

Ah okay, thanks a ton. Here's how you can put that in your Start menu.

• Right-click the Start button, and choose Run
• Type shellrograms into the box and click OK
• Drag and drop the icon into that folder window that opens up

You'll need to log out/in before you see it in the Start menu (it only scans that folder for new icons when you login and it loads the taskbar), but that will get it in there. Then you can also pin it to the Start menu's main page if you want.

 

N95 8GB - strange startup

The applications you're seeing are just "background" services that run on the phone automatically and are normally hidden, but you can see them during start-up. The phone loads those up immediately after it starts up, so that's what's going on when the
standby icons disappear then come back slowly. The icons appear slowly because the phone's loading about a dozen applications at the same time at that point.

 

Hi,
Try rebuilding icon cache with this tutorial:Icon Cache - Rebuild in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

Hi brummyfan and thanks for your reply!

I rebuilt the icon (by using both described methods) cache and I also used the .reg file for the .ico (ICO) option, but unfortunately the issue is still present.

 

Since the issue has not been resolved and since I found no related problems on the Internet, is there any way to report it directly to Microsoft?

P.S. I have no account e-mail connected to my Windows 10 laptop.

 

Sorry for reviving the thread, but I recently changed to another laptop with Intel's 6th Gen platform, rest of hardware similar to the one I mention in my first post and Windows 10 1607 pre-installed and fully updated.

The issue is even at this laptop present, but it's weird that I cannot find any other threads on the internet regarding this issue.
It came as a surprise to me, cause I thought that it had to do something with my previous laptop's hardware (since I could not find similar threads), but the fact that the problem still exists seizes this scenario.