Re: Delay starting explorer

On 10/10/2007, Simon Large <simon.tortoisesvn@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> While investigating a TMerge crash I uninstalled TSVN for the first
> time in a couple of years and found that explorer suddenly gets more
> responsive.
>
> When TSVN is uninstalled, Explorer populates left and right panes
> almost instantly. When TSVN is installed and I start explorer, both
> left and right panes are usually completely blank for 5 seconds before
> anything is shown (sometimes the left pane is part-populated).
> Explorer always starts up with the default view (My Documents, My
> computer, My network places & Recycle Bin in the left pane, and the
> drive list in the right). During this 5s period the window cannot be
> dragged. This happens every time I start explorer, not just the first
> time. There is no CPU activity to speak of, and I have no mapped
> drives.
>
> This is Win2K on an 800MHz laptop, so not too quick, but it doesn't
> seem to be doing anything during the delay.

Forgot to mention that switching to no-cache operation makes not
difference either.

Simon

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