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Bug: SMB servers load very slowly

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area - file system area - network drives
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Description

### Description

Just like the title says. In addition, I have a folder on my local HD that just has shortcuts to about a dozen SMB servers (standard shortcuts to locations like \\ServerName), and it takes 30-40 seconds for that folder to load, vs instantly in Windows' File Explorer.

Something strange is going on with the way Files interacts with SMB servers.

### Steps To Reproduce

1. Connect to any SMB server on your LAN (\\ServerName) and compare how quickly it loads to the native file explorer.

2. Create a local folder on your HD with shortcuts to a handful of SMB servers on your network, and compare how quickly it loads to the native file explorer

### Requirements

SMB locations, and folders full of shortcuts to SMB locations, should load just as fast (or nearly as fast) as the native File Explorer.

### Files Version

2.5.1.0

### Windows Version

10.0.22621.1848

### Log File

[debug.log](https://github.com/files-community/Files/files/11852798/debug.log)

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