Windows 10: Slow creation of New Folder on network drive from Wordpad or Office apps after Win 10 Build...

Creating a "New Folder" when using Wordpad, Word, Excel, used to take just a few seconds on all Windows 10 PC's running build 1803. Once build 1809 was installed, all of the Windows 10 PC's now take 30 seconds or more to create a New Folder from these applications. Creating a New Folder in Windows Explorer still only take a few seconds. Windows 7 PC's in the network are unaffected by this issue.


More detail - the network drive has 15,000+ subfolders under a parent folder called "Clients". I realize that this is a large number of folders at one level, however, the problem did not exist with build 1803 and started immediately after build 1809 was installed. I used one of the Windows 10 PC's that was still at 1803 as my test subject once I was aware of the problem. The problem affects all of the Windows 10 PC's in the network.


I will be replacing the Windows SBS 2011 server with a new Windows 2016 Server with SSD drives. As a test, I created a share on the 2016 server and copied all the files from the folder structure in question to it. The problem still exists when accessing the same folder structure on the new, fast server. Again, the Windows 7 PC's or Windows 10 pre build 1809 PC's do not have the problem.


I have tested disabling the Windows Search service with no change in outcome.


I have also broken the 15,000 folder list into 2 even parts of 7,500 folders each. There is a slight but not significant increase in the amount of time taken to create a new folder. It doesn't cut the time in half but it is quicker in creating a New Folder.


Any thoughts on what I can try?

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Wordpad hyperlink

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out to us. This issue may have occurred due to a software conflict. For us to help you with this concern, kindly answer the following questions:

• What version of Office applications are you using?
• Are you also experiencing any issues on opening different Office files?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you run an Office repair to check if there will be any changes on the Wordpad.
Kindly follow the steps given on the section that says Windows 10.

We'll be waiting for your reply.

 

Win 7 and Win 10 on network

I have home network with separate modem, router, and WAP's. My Windows 7 computer does NOT list the Windows 10 computers on network computer list but the Windows 10 computers network list DO list the Windows 7 computer.

Turned off firewalls, gave permissions, shared drives. Nothing allows Win 7 computer to access the Win 10 computers.

Any suggestions for a fix?

 

Office 2019

Only supported on Win10. Sorry, 8.1 users, only 4 years old, gotta go.

Microsoft Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...-to-office-and-windows-servicing-and-support/

Spoiler Office 2019
Last year at Ignite, we announced Office 2019 – the next perpetual version of Office that includes apps (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and Skype for Business) and servers (including Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business). Today we’re pleased to share the following updates:

• Office 2019 will ship in H2 of 2018. Previews of the new apps and servers will start shipping in the second quarter of 2018.
• Office 2019 apps will be supported on:
  • Any supported Windows 10 SAC release
  • Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2018
  • The next LTSC release of Windows Server
• The Office 2019 client apps will be released with Click-to-Run installation technology only. We will not provide MSI as a deployment methodology for Office 2019 clients. We will continue to provide MSI for Office Server products.