Sorry but you're right. We wish it was better. The reasons go on and on from Windows indexing, antivirus, to apps like NeroIndexer (geesh, enough indexing already) to a really bad bug in Explorer that hangs if the AVI, IMAGE, JPEG, MP3, MPEG, (it's a long list?) and some other dozen file types can't be looked at to render an pretty icon for Explorer to use.

Say, why use Explorer here? Every read about ???

Gyula's Navigator?
Midnight Commander?
(the command line?)

But you're right. This is broke.
Bob