My Desktop Icons are Constantly Refreshing
By: Arie SlobIf your having problems with Desktop icons (or the icons in Control Panel) constantly refreshing themselves, you need to increase the cache size for your icons:
- Start the Registry Editor
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \explorer
- Right-click an empty space in the right pane
- Select New > String Value
- Name the new value Max Cached Icons
- Double-click on the Max Cached Icons string and enter a value of 2000 (The Max Cached Icons value data range is between 100 and 2000. The default value is 500)
- Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows
P.S. it could take up to 3 restarts before this fix "takes".