Thanks, I'll look into that and report back.

>It could have something to do with Indexing Services being enabled, or FastFind. Their list must be updated when a file gets deleted. It could be running in the background when you switch to VFP and do the search.
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>>OK. I found a way to repeat the problem.
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>>1) Reboot.
>>2) Open VFP. Do string search, goes fast.
>>3) Open windows explorer.
>>4) Do string search in VFP, goes fast.
>>5) Do a delete in windows explorer, which goes very slow.
>>6) Do string search in VFP, goes *slow*
>>7) While the string search is going on, close windows explorer: string search immediately speeds up.
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>>Now. Why? How to fix? Maybe I need to reinstall windows explorer?
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>Alex
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>>>Hi Alejandro,
>>>
>>>This sounds like your virus scan software scanning files as it opens them. Disable virus check and see if that eliminates the problem. You may need to tweek some settings to prevent scanning some file types.
>>>
>>>
>>>>There seems to be a gremlin in my computer that is stealing cycles.
>>>>
>>>>A few symptoms:
>>>>
>>>>1) When doing a search in all methods of a VFP form (ctrl+F) there is a noticieable pause (between .5 and 1 sec) between each method lookup.
>>>>
>>>>2) When extracting from a Zip file with WinZip, again a very noticeable pause between files.
>>>>
>>>>3) 200 sec startup. This in a 2ghz machine with 512 MB and the following startup programs: SQL Server, Norton Antivirus, Zone Alarm, MSN Messenger, and a battery monitor power sentry.
>>>>
>>>>4) When copying files with Windows Explorer from one directory to another, again the noticeable pause between files.
>>>>
>>>>Most of these proceses are normally blingingly fast (not startup)
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Alex