At wit's end - LAN directory timeout

I'm using DO 11.2 x64 on Win8.1 Pro x64.

Here's the scenario, and it is often repeated: I navigate to a shared folder on another Windows device on my network. I copy/move files to that folder. Then, the device is shut down.

When I next use DO, it freezes for what seems an eternity, trying to access the nonexistent LAN folder. This is where my sanity starts draining away.

Is there any way to adjust the timeout that DO uses when it tries accessing LAN drives? I really don't want to wait 60 seconds or however long it takes for it to realize the resource is not online. Is there anything I can do?

"Yeah, close the LAN folder tabs when you're done with them, duh!" ... I hear a snarky person say. (Then, another person says "I don't have this problem." And finally, a third person says "Try green on the differentiated narrative." which makes sense only to them.)

Thing is, LAN copies/moves take long enough that I don't want to babysit DO, so I will forget the LAN folder tab is opened.

Thanks for any actually sort of helpful replies.

Turning off Preferences / Folders / Auto-Loading / Network drives may help, if the issue is when re-opening saved listers/layouts/etc. which remember the LAN folder from before.

The timeout itself is buried deep within Windows somewhere. There may be a way to change it but I'm not sure what it is and never found a reliable way. Windows seems to use ridiculously long network folder timeouts just in case you connect to a server on the moon using a piece of string, or something. :slight_smile: