Subj : WALLPAPER.
To   : TOM WALKER
From : KEN HRYNCHUK
Date : Fri Nov 12 2004 07:41 am

TOM WALKER wrote to HOWIE COOMBE on 11-09-04 07:36:

 TW>  Than just think of Wallpaper like one Very big Icon it needs to be
 TW> Refreshed continiously on the screen just like all the Icons do.
 TW> Of course the operation is faster becasue in the case of the Icons the
 TW> computer has to look in various places for the Icon to refresh the
 TW> screen.

If Windows (9x, at least) is working correctly, the icons should load
relatively quickly, from the file "\Windows\ShellIconCache".
Unfortunately, the cache file also accumulates icons and info. for a lot
of other programs that are on the system, so it can get pretty bloated.
You can clear the cache by deleting the file, and Windows will make a new
one (sometimes, it takes a few startup/shutdown sequences for the new
file to be created). I do that semi-regularly, here (Win 95/98), and I
notice the speed difference (and smaller filesize) after I've done so.

   Ken
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