Optimize & make folders display content faster in Windows 7 / 8

You may have noticed that in some cases your folders in Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista takes quite a bit of time to display to display its contents and the green progress bar in the address bar loads slowly.

This happens when your folder may have a lot of large document or images or music or video files.

Windows folder loads content slow with green bar displaying

To optimize such folders, so that they load and display the contents faster, you may try the following:

Right click on the folder > Click Properties >  Select Customize tab

Now under:

What kind of folder do you want?

Optimize the folder for:
Select from the drop down menu the type of files the said folder predominantly holds. You may select from General items, Documents, Pictures, Music or Videos.

If you wish to apply this template to all the folders, also select the check box.

Click Apply > OK.

You will now see that the contents of your folder will load and display faster.