Thunar Slow to Open

  • Launch Synaptic Package Manager and ensure that gvfs-backends is installed
  • As ‘root’ edit /usr/share/gvfs/mounts/smb-browse.mount and change the line:
    Type=smb-network;smb-server

    to read:

    Type=smb-server
  • And the line:
    Automount=true

    to read:

    Automount=false
  • Finally, as ‘root’ edit /usr/share/gvfs/mounts/network.mount changing:
    Automount=true

    to read:

    Automount=false