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by yoyohello13 488 days ago
> I just hope Microsoft can do something like that with current Explorer app

They can start by making explorer startup in less than 5 seconds. Let's face it, Microsoft devs don't care about performance and probably never will.
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pjc50 487 days ago
Explorer is slow because it's extensible. All the thumbnails and extra stuff in the context menu is what slows it down. There's some pathological cases like "opening a folder with an MP3 file in" which puts it into scanning all the files for ID3 tags.

Fpilot is a great example of how it's possible to make something MUCH faster by limiting the feature set.

(also some of the NTFS APIs are horribly slow for extended information)

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eviks 487 days ago
> There's some pathological cases like "opening a folder with an MP3 file in" which puts it into scanning all the files for ID3 tags

Why would this parallel background task have any impact on Explorer's startup time or UI responsiveness?

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sirwhinesalot 487 days ago
File Pilot supports explorer extensions... There's an actual animation showing it on the website. What do you mean by "limiting the feature set"?
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