Not true.
Programs and processes loaded at startup are the items to consider.

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:30 AM, David Jonathan Justman <
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> Good morning!
>
> I have read that having a lot of files on one's desktop can slow down
> Windows XP, since all of the files will be loaded into RAM.
>
> 1.  Is this true?
> 2.  Does it apply to all of the desktops (at system startup, I suppose), or
> only to the desktop of the user who is logged in?
> 3.  Does it apply only to files directly on the desktop, or also to those
> inside folders on the desktop?
>
> Thanks.
> David.
>
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