desktop and folder refresh rate

Hi All,
I'm running XP Home on a 1.5gz P4 512k ram and 80 gig h/d...
The desktop is constantly refreshing itself.
That's a bit of a pain since I keep a ton of icons up there.
Any reason why this happens and any way to control this seemingly un-necessary process?
thanks up front,

Joste

 

Your icon cache file is too small. You have the option of manually editing your Registry or using a third party tool to increase the setting.

Using Registry Editor, add the Max Cached Icons string value with a value data of 2000 to the following registry key, and then restart your computer:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
If the icons are still incorrect, delete the ShellIconCache (in XP delete all iconcache.db files instead) file. The Max Cached Icons value data range is between 100 and 4096. The default value is 500.

If you prefer an automated version with a multiple choice menu, go here:
http://home.stny.rr.com/dicklewis/iconcache.reg

Double click that file and allow the import to the registry. That will not only increase the Icon Cache size, it will add a menu to your MY COMPUTER (or Explorer) > TOOLS > FOLDER OPTIONS > VIEW > scroll down to the bottom of that list.. that allows you to resize the Cache as you prefer.