"Searching for items..." in Status Bar repeats every second

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Looks to me that your problem is with the network storage device.
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"Keith Jakobs, MCP" wrote:

> Greetings:
>
> I have come across an interesting issue that I can not seem to find a
> specific reference to despite my substantial 'googling'......
>
> When I open Windows Explorer, and go directly to my 'My Documents' folder,
> which has been redirected to a network storage drive, the Status Bar
> continually repeats the phrase 'Searching for items...". If you pay
> attention closely enough, you can see the mouse icon flash briefly to an
> hourglass. The issue does not remain for long, but does happen about every
> second. It does not cause a noticeable CPU spike, and I have confirmed that
> the Indexing Service is not running. What it DOES cause is an incredibly
> annoying inability to select drives or folders from the drop-down list in
> many of my applications. When I click on the drop-down box to browse for a
> file, the box will enumerate my documents and then quickly close, without
> giving me enough time to make drive selection.
>
> My 'googling' efforts seemed to only reveal information related to this
> issue when explorer takes a long time to intialize. In my case, my
> enumerations come up right away and suffers no delay. My problem is why is
> it running every second, and can anyone tell me where I can disable it
> (registry, control panel, or otherwise).
>
> Thanks in advance....
>
> Keith C. Jakobs, MCP
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Ok... Sound reasonable, except.....

Though we only have three other users using XP in this environment, I am the
only one that seems to have the problem (and I am the Network Engr/Admin).

And how do I disable it???

Thanks!

Keith C. Jakobs, MCP

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> It's the redirect to the network drive. Windows will constantly search all
> mapped drive to make sure that they are still connected.
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> "Keith Jakobs, MCP" <elohir@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Greetings:
> >
> > I have come across an interesting issue that I can not seem to find a
> > specific reference to despite my substantial 'googling'......
> >
> > When I open Windows Explorer, and go directly to my 'My Documents'
folder,
> > which has been redirected to a network storage drive, the Status Bar
> > continually repeats the phrase 'Searching for items...". If you pay
> > attention closely enough, you can see the mouse icon flash briefly to an
> > hourglass. The issue does not remain for long, but does happen about
> > every
> > second. It does not cause a noticeable CPU spike, and I have confirmed
> > that
> > the Indexing Service is not running. What it DOES cause is an
incredibly
> > annoying inability to select drives or folders from the drop-down list
in
> > many of my applications. When I click on the drop-down box to browse
for
> > a
> > file, the box will enumerate my documents and then quickly close,
without
> > giving me enough time to make drive selection.
> >
> > My 'googling' efforts seemed to only reveal information related to this
> > issue when explorer takes a long time to intialize. In my case, my
> > enumerations come up right away and suffers no delay. My problem is why
> > is
> > it running every second, and can anyone tell me where I can disable it
> > (registry, control panel, or otherwise).
> >
> > Thanks in advance....
> >
> > Keith C. Jakobs, MCP
> >
> >
>
>