@BlueNose wrote:
I think i've tracked down all the things that slow dpp to a crawl in 4.8.x. Windows 10 x64
1) DPP tries to open and search any zip files on the drive and sometimes starts searching non default drives.
fix remove .zip files from your drive that dpp has its default folder on. Especially remove any zip files in the root of the drive.
2) Check task manager for any unclosed copies of DPP in the background processes. Extra background processes slow it down and occasionly crash it if you don't clear them out.
fix save your work and then kill the extra processes using task manager.
3) Under tools option preferences General Settings turn off use of temporary files. I have 12GB of ram and DPP does not need to use temporary files. This sped up DPP back to a usable level.
fix set maximum available on disk to 0 , click ok, exit dpp and then launch DPP again.
This is what worked for me after a year of looking for solutions.
1). Many applications use default Windows settings, and this behavior is the default for Windows Media Player. Disable it.
2). You could be looking at Dialog Boxes writhing for your input, but are covered other windows, not multiple copies of DPP. Every window run inside of its’ own process. The Task Manager should display a sub-process differently from a separate process.
3). I would advise that you reset this because it affects all applications, not just DPP. Your results could be hindered by a slow hard drive. My workstations have two hard drives: a solid state drive, and a conventional drive. The SSD stores the OS and applications, and serves as the C drive, which stores temp files. The conventional drive is used for data storage.
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