Explorer not only appears to be heavy on the "Windows Classic" APIs, somehow to this day, but it also does a bunch of stuff ower file compared to let's say ls.
In fact, if you use Total Commander, in the settings you will find option regarding things like "getting correct icons for files", with the option for "display icons for all files" explicitly marked as "SLOW".
Explorer always gets the icons, and possibly other metadata.
In fact, if you use Total Commander, in the settings you will find option regarding things like "getting correct icons for files", with the option for "display icons for all files" explicitly marked as "SLOW".
Explorer always gets the icons, and possibly other metadata.