Can storing icons and files on your desktop slow your machine?

[Caveman]

Curious...

 

[dave2048]

I'd imagine that all the icons themselves have to be loaded into memory before you can view them. Sometimes, on a slow machine, you can see the icons being loaded. First, they'll start off as a white icon with a windows logo in it, then they'll be replaced by the normal icon picture. This won't really slow the machine down, however. Your background is probably taking up more memory than all the icons you'll be able to put on your desktop. That's my opinion anyway.

 

[EeyoreX]

Storing icons will not slow your machine. Having 3 million icons load on your desktop will probably slow your machine however. If all you are doing is storing files on your computer they will have no effect on performance.

\Dan

 

[Steve]

Doesn't it slow boot time? Your desktop is a folder, after all.