Just open the File Explorer and you will notice the revamped icons for Documents, Pictures, Music, and Downloads, among others. Moreover, Windows stores all these icons in separate cache memory. This is done so that it could quickly load the icons from the cache instead of having to reload them from scratch. The end result is right in front of you- the icons get loaded as soon as you launch the explorer, without any delay. However, Windows has put a cap on its size- 512kB. Once this limit is reached, Windows will then dynamically delete and fill in this cache directory based on the current requirement. However, this process takes time and you might notice a delay of a couple of seconds before the icons get loaded. To address this concern, you could increase the icon cache size on your Windows 11 PC. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Follow along. In this guide, we will show you the steps to increase the icon cache size on your Windows 11 PC.
How to Increase the Icon Cache Size in Windows 11
So these were the steps to increase the icon cache size on your Windows 11 PC. if you wish to revert the change, then either assign the Max Cached Icons its default size [512kB] or simply delete that file. If you have any other queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
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