Another option is to increase the number of allowed GDI objects allowed per app which can be set in this key: Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows using the GDIProcessHandleQuota dword value which can go to 65535 . It will still increase, though you will have a longer period between restarting Explorer. I'm not sure what ill effects may result from this "tweak".