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Thats jaclaz. I decided that the process was too lengthy and had bug potential. I reformatted and installed without Nlite (xp default) and the problem is now solved.

I configured my system for RAID 0 with a fresh xp pro install and the local disk/boot drive is F. This is frustrating since I'm used to C. Is there a safe way to change the drive letter to C. Disk management wouldn't allow it. Thanks in adance, -adabo

Wow. That seems to be some fast machine you have there. I see a noticeable difference. Well thank you for the suggestions and support CTH.

Resolved! (I can sleep now) TweakUI has an option to disable "detect accidental double clicks". Folders and apps waste no time opening and are instantaneous. Why? Where was this setting? Some sort of registry setting?

Woah. You really know your stuff CTH =) Concerning a fresh install, the folder open delay is still there. I have another hdd with xp installed fresh as well for testing. I tried all 6 suggestions, 6 being the most significant in results. Yes the speed was increased by changing the mouse settings for double click speed to fastest, however I still notice a slight delay. I'm used to folder browsers like the one in Blender and others where the open speed is instantaneous. I'm going to do the unthinkable and install tweakui and see if it does the trick. Will report my results. Thanks a bunch CTH!

Oh I'm definitely a noob... on these forums Well I sincerely appreciate the help thus far, CTH. Heres the log file. I made sure to keep the scan very quick and precise. I even cropped the top portion of the procmon events. Steps I took after clicking capture: -move mouse over folder -click folder -wait for folder to open -move mouse to capture button -click stop capture So the summary is that I opened one folder and captured the details. adabo_Logfile.zip

Woah. I get this pattern: 2:29:21.3831229 AM explorer.exe 2924 CreateFile C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data:QebiesnrMkudrfcoIaamtykdDa NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Generic Read, Disposition: Open, Options: , Attributes: N, ShareMode: Read, AllocationSize: n/a 2:29:21.3831725 AM explorer.exe 2924 CreateFile C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data:Docf_QebiesnrMkudrfcoIaamtykdDa NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Generic Read, Disposition: Open, Options: , Attributes: N, ShareMode: Read, AllocationSize: n/a on 107 lines consecutively. What is pasted in the browser here is actually only taking up 2 lines, so that would make 53.5 multiples.

Here goes: Programs installed after xp setup (no anti-virus)... blender comodo firewall firefox thunderbird ati tray tools the kmplayer vlc autohotkey utorrent asio4all microsoft visual c++ 2005 I think it is unlikely these are the problem since none of these add context menu items. I am super excited about experimenting with procmon. I will report what I find.

I've also noticed the same delay time when invoking a program. Double-click mode is instantaneous (err, as fast as the cpu can handle?)

Thank you for the suggestions. Sorry to say, none of them worked. Different file managers proved to open folders instantaneously. Turning of firewall did zilch. My installation of xp is fresh as of yesterday.

Well thank you for all the info CharlotteTheHarlot! That was kind of you. According to what you said, I was able to achieve something, but not specifically what I had in mind, though this was a nice tweak. The folders I am referring to are the ones located on the right side of the windows explorer browser (across from the tree-view, when in "Folders view"). These folders still have a delay after clicking them in single-click mode. I took the step of disabling all sounds to see if windows was pausing to play a sound, but the speed did not increase/decrease. Any further assistance would be appreciated. -adabo xp pro sp3 C2Duo 6420 300Gb HDD 2Gb RAM

How can I change the open speed or delay when clicking on a folder in explorer when using single click mode. The current speed is slow, and I'd like it to open instantaneously. Thanks for helping a noob to the boards -adabo