Network drive slowing ICUE

I thought I would put this out there as it took me two weeks to figure this out. My mapped network drives were causing ICUE to lag for some strange reason. It's like they were fighting for resources. I noticed serious lag when opening and navigating ICUE.

 

It has something to do with user authentication in windows I believe. I had to disconnect the mapped network drives that I had connected to resolve the issue. I haven't yet narrowed down how to keep my drives connected without causing issues.

 

To be clear this was one PC connected to shared folders on another PC that I have an admin account on.

 

And before you ask, this was after a fresh install of windows. I found the entire thing rather odd and thought this might help someone out there.

are you sure subsequent icue openings were exactly as slow? I have found a slow first display and then far more expedient. This is in any environment, with or without network drives mapped

yes it only had to do with the network drives being mapped. When I get more time I will dive a little deeper into the exact cause of the issue. It has something to do with user security check on the connection to the drive as I had it only allow access for me.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. I have mapped network drives on my home network with similar permissions and haven't run into what you've reported. Please share if you're able to find anything further about this.

 

May have to do with this Windows Explorer issue:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/mapped-drives-hanging-windows-10-file-explorer/b80a4e71-2156-47fd-b5ad-b2127d7d0ced

 

Also see here:https://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1094680#post1094680

Edited May 24, 2021 by TvdT1975