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From: jones on 8 Jul 2010 02:52

>
> Well, yes and no. Yes because every desktop icon has to be gotten from
> cache and physically painted onto the screen at the mathematical positions
> required. No because as a general rule the time added is going to be
> negligible unless possibly you're making your own large icons. The Desktop
> is actually just a folder that windows has been coded to display its
> contents on the screen. It exists under your username under Documents and
> Settings.
>
> You can test it out for your specific situation by turning OFF the Desktop
> Display and noticing how long it takes to paint the screen. To make a
> blank desktop, right-click any open area on the desktop and choose
> "Arrange Icons By". In the drop down that appears, remove the tic mark at
> "Show Desktop".
> The desktop usually goes away right away. On some machines you might
> have to log off and back on the get it to take affect.
> To bring the desktop back so it displays, just put the tic back on "Show
> Desktop" and all your icons will re-appear.
>
> There ARE situations where the desktop icons can actually cause fairly
> long and annoying pauses as each icon is painted! But that has nothing to
> do with how many icons are on the desktop. To correct it, you need to do
> a refresh of the icon cache. If you need more info on that, just ask or
> check with Google or most any search engine.
>
> HTH,
>
> Twayne`
>


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