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    Does your Downloads folder take forever to load? The following steps might help speed up your Downloads folder a little bit. These steps are tested to work on Windows x64 and x86 operating systems.

    Right-click the Downloads folder and click Properties.

    Speed up slow loading Downloads folder in Windows

    You will see a dialog box that pops out like this.

    Speed up the slow loading Downloads folder in Windows

    Go to the Customize tab in the opened dialog box. You will see a drop-down box with a label Optimize the folder for:

    Speed up the slow loading Downloads folder in Windows

    Change that setting to General items in the drop-down box as shown below.

    Speed up the slow loading Downloads folder in Windows

    Click OK. Now, your Downloads folder will load a bit quicker than it was before.

    Note: This is only a temporary fix. Windows will re-categorize the Downloads folder to Pictures again after some time. So, check the above settings if your Downloads folder starts to load slowly after a while.

    A more suitable fix is to move all your downloaded files to separate folders and optimize the folders appropriately for documents, pictures, music, and videos. Never leave any downloaded files in the Downloads folder. Always move them to an appropriate location right away.

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