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jhelias
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PortableApps FOLDER is unbelievably slow

Hi,
After installing The portable apps suite on 2 different usb drives I have noticed a TREMENDOUS slowdown on both. Just deleting files takes forever. Under device manager both drives seem to be using General USB as opposed to enhanced usb. What gives and how can I remedy the situation.

Everything installed fine but now if I want to install or delete apps or files it takes ridiculously long. Open Office portable takes 2 hours to install.

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Are you sure

..you are plugged into a USB 2.0 port? On one of my PC's the front ports are 2.0 and the back are 1.0.

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jhelias
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Yes, both my laptop and

Yes, both my laptop and Desktop are usb 2.0.

It gets weirder. My older files and apps that are not associated with portable apps transfer/delete at normal speed. The slowdowns only seem to happen when I try to install a portable app program or transfer programs to the portableapps folder.

edit: Its definitely JUST the portableapps folder. I deleted everything else fine and the 160mb portableapps folder containing the program files is going to take 20-30 minutes to delete!??

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Is the folder unusually

Is the folder unusually deep, or is it on the root of the drive? a long file path could make Windows take much longer to read and process the DELETE action.
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