Sorry all - I've found the workaround to this :
http://tortoisesvn.sourceforge.net/node/14
i.e. There's an option "Don't fetch status for context menu option on the Settings/Look and Feel page"
which I'd not spotted before - This is great when your networks as variable as ours.
Cheers Simon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shakespeare, Simon (Pensions)
> [mailto:Simon.Shakespeare@capita.co.uk]
> Sent: 02 February 2006 13:20
> To: users@tortoisesvn.tigris.org
> Subject: Context menu question
>
>
> Can someone tell me what Tortoise does when you right click
> to bring up the context menu.
> It seems to take an age each time I do it - the further I go
> down the checked out tree the quicker
> it is which implies to me that it's scanning down the tree
> every time I access the menu.
> It's over a network so it's not super quick anyway but the
> display of the progs. / directories is OK
> once they're cached. Is there anyway I can speed up the menu display ?
>
> I'm using TortoiseSVN 1.3.1, Build 5521 - 32 Bit.
>
> Thanks a lot - Simon
>
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