How to speed up opening folders in win8

How to speed up opening folders in win8

Many win8 users reported that the folder was not responded to, and I believe this problem has plagued many users. This problem occurs mainly because the folder contains a large number of executable programs. Let's take a look at the solutions for you today.
　　　　
Cause Analysis
　　
If no third-party protection software is installed on the computer, Windows Defender in Win8/Win8.1 is enabled by default. This causes a large amount of system resources to be used during file scanning, resulting in slow folder opening and no response issues for half a day. If other protection software is installed, Windows Defender should be automatically disabled.
　　
Method 1: Disable Windows Defender
　　
On the Win8/win8.1 desktop, hover the mouse over the upper-right or lower-right corner of the taskbar. a vertical bar menu is displayed. Click "set"> "Control Panel "; open the control panel and set the viewing method to "Big (small)" to find Windows Defender.


　　
Or press "Windows + Q" and enter "Windows Defender" in the pop-up search box to find and open the Windows Defender interface.
　　
Open Windows Defender, click "Settings"> "real-time protection" in turn, deselect "enable real-time protection (recommended)", and save the changes.


　　
If no protection software is installed and you do not want to Disable Windows Defender, you need to set a special case. The specific settings are as follows:
　　
Click the "Settings" tab, and corresponding exception settings are displayed on the left. To exclude a folder, click "excluded files and locations", click "Browse" on the right of "file location", select the folder to be excluded, and click "add ", click "Save changes ".


　
You can also set "excluded file types" and enter "exe" in the "file extension" box. multiple extensions are separated by semicolons, click "add"> "Save changes ". Of course, the excluded settings require you to be harmless when you are familiar with the programs you own.
　　
Method 2: Disable the index to increase the response speed
　　
Right-click the target folder, select "properties", and click "advanced" in the lower-right corner of the "General" tab. In the displayed dialog box, cancel "except for file properties, you can also index the content of this drive file. Select "compress content to save disk space" and click "OK ".

　　
The above two methods can solve the problem of slow opening folders in win8. If you encounter the same problem, you can follow the above methods.