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File Explorer also tracks network locations and mapped drives, so slow, sleeping, or unavailable targets can cause delays when folders open.

The recommended process is to back up the Registry, set NoNetCrawling to 1 under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer, and then restart Explorer.exe.

Microsoft describes NoNetCrawling as controlling automatic searches for network folders and printers, meaning the change does not speed up the SSD but removes unnecessary network activity.

People who regularly use NAS devices, shared folders, or network printers should not disable the feature indiscriminately and can reverse it by setting the value to 0 or deleting it.

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